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Stendahl, one of the world's foremost New Testament scholars, came to Harvard from Sweden in 1954 and became an American citizen...
Nevelson, who currently works in New York, is considered one of the foremost living sculptors. Her work, which is broadly categorized as surrealist, is represented in numerous permanent collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Princeton University, and Brandeis University...
...added that her final decision will "depend first and foremost on my own negotiations with Harvard. I might come whether or not Bill gets a job in Cambridge...
DIED. Tapio Wirkkala, 69, Finland's foremost designer in glass, ceramics, wood and metal, and a pioneer of the elegant, functional Scandinavian look; of a heart attack; in Esbo, Finland. Combining a hands-on knowledge of industrial production techniques, a sculptor's sensibility and a craftsman's intimate familiarity with his media, he was, in the view of many critics, the pre- eminent modern maker of such objects as vases, cutlery and glassware (including the distinctive frosted Finlandia vodka bottle...
...life resembles a far-fetched hard-luck version of the actual Willie Nelson saga, but it is first and foremost a rolling, highly entertaining chronicle of its own. I all of all kinds of deadpan golden nuggets of humor--greasy, love-to-hate-'em Williams; imperfect but irresistable heroes; hard drinking, good friends, good loving, heartache, strumming acoustic guitar accompaniment--the tale can sound too much like your generic hit country song. But as Doc sings, "We write what we live And we live what we write." And Bud Shrake's off-beat, unpretentious script and Man Rudolph's even...