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Jakob's dad is the great Bob Dylan. Having been asked about his famous father about as many times as Blowin' in the Wind has been heard at protest marches, the younger Dylan plays down the elder's influence. Says Jakob: "I know that material, and I learned as much [from it] as other songwriters probably...
...hero still. In his long shadow, fan-twirling line dancers stomp through a traditional peasant rite. Doctors in grubby white coats offer herbal medicines, acupuncture or blood-pressure tests. Vendors proffer savory kabobs or key chains. Children rent old-fashioned roller skates for a few yuan, while their elder brothers play badminton without any nets. The throng does not disperse until the blazing phosphorus lights dim near midnight...
...might expect McCartney, as an elder statesman of rock, to be a grump about the state of today's pop music, but he actually thinks it's going along quite fine. He even has (mostly) generous things to say about Oasis, the aggressively youthful British rock band that in recent years has been accused of ripping off the Beatles' sound. Says McCartney: "I like the fact that they're live and they can play their instruments. I like the fact that they honor us by using us as their source, so it's a tribute. I certainly...
...family took rafting trips in Colorado and other western states. The elder Niebuhr still enjoys horse-back riding in the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming...
Wharton's father, the late Clifton R. Wharton Sr., served as a U.S. Foreign Service officer--an inspiration for his son's involvement in the planning of this week's Marshall Plan symposium at Harvard. The elder Wharton was himself a ground-breaker, serving as the first U.S. career ambassador...