Word: ferguson
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...offering, "Tales of Ovid," won the Whitbread Book of the Year award -? a top literary prize -? for what the judges called its "greatness and sublimity." He brought an uncompromising perspective to the laureate role, too. For example, his 1986 poem in praise of Prince Andrew?s wedding to Sarah Ferguson raised eyebrows for focusing on details like the Coke cans that were left lying in the streets...
...Ferguson remains jazz's greatest, most charismatic trumpet virtuoso, even at age 70. He can still play arabesques at double-high-C, but he now uses his incredible technique and rich tone more expressively. And at a time when jazz ensembles struggle to survive, his small but versatile big band, Big Bop Nouveau, now in its ninth year, plays nearly 200 mostly sold-out gigs annually. Ferguson's stature and nurturing generosity have long attracted talented young musicians, but this exceptional group really cooks with revitalized standards (Just Friends gets a swinging, brassy treatment spiced with a fugue) and exciting...
...relieved to read Andrew Ferguson's piece on road rage and how automobile drivers lose control and act out behind the wheel [SOCIETY, Jan. 12]. He couldn't have better summarized the state of mind of the average driver. It is all because of the never ending stress of everyday life. Jobs are getting more competitive, and life-styles are changing. Scary, but it's what is happening. Driving like idiots is just one way of expressing it! ADNAN SHAIKH ALI Karachi...
LATE: "After a two-hour delay, Clinton stepped...onto a stage...'I didn't know his hair was that gray,' said second-grader Sam Melvin, 8. 'Or that his face was that red,' added classmate Kate Ferguson. --Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel...
...These past two meets I have been jumping well, but I am still looking for improvement in the upcoming meets," Ferguson said...