Word: elders
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
From anyone else, that might have served as a public farewell, but the disgraced Nixon spent more than a dozen years in climbing once more out of the abyss and re-creating himself as an elder statesman. He wrote his memoirs in 1978, then eight more books largely devoted to international strategy. He moved to the wealthy suburb of Saddle River, New Jersey (where he stayed until 1990, moving a mile away to Park Ridge), and began giving discreet dinners for movers and shakers. President Reagan called to ask his advice. So did President Bush. In November 1989, he became...
...such worst-case speculation is the unprecedented size of the derivatives balloon. Its growth has prompted some Wall Street sages to warn that many of the newfangled instruments could be spinning far beyond anyone's control. The Jeremiahs include investment banker Felix Rohatyn, 65, one of Wall Street's elder statesmen, whose son Nicolas, 33, runs a J.P. Morgan department that uses derivatives to transact business in emerging markets in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. "There's a whole different world in off-balance-sheet transactions that are potentially quite dangerous if people don't know what they...
...srart, with the opening Victor Feldman tune "Seven Steps to Heaven." Williams announced that the evening's music would be a tribute, "celebrating [the] legacy of Cannonball Adderly, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane," as this first tune was long associated with the late trumpeter Davis. The front line of elder Lew Soloff on trumpet, younger Javon Jackson on tenor saxophone and Williams' contemporary and dynamo Bobby Watson on alto sax blasted out the tunes' head. The roles were set from then: Soloff showing incredible range in high notes mixed with David-like licks in the middle range, Watson with veritable...
Hong Kong -- Aged Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, who finally made an official appearance in Shanghai last week after being out of the public eye for almost a year, is the focus of much silly gossip over what seems to be a battle between him and rival Communist Party elder Chen Yun to see who can maintain his faculties longer. A source close to Deng's inner circle tells this story: the 89-year-old Deng can no longer write but can walk 50 steps; the 88-year- old Chen can write but can walk only 30 steps. Says the source...
Both Michael's and the 1369 are now closed (the 1369 was recently reopened as a coffee shop), but The Fringe still has its weekly show. Garzone is now considered one of the elder statesmen of the Boston jazz scene, and all three members of The Fringe are recognized as musical masters...