Word: friends
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nadkarni admits to a fair chunk of book time cramming for exams in Cabot. A high school friend. Rachel J. Givelber '85, says that Nadkarni "for as long as I can remember has been pre-med." As his lab partner in high school, Givelber remembers that Nadkarni "would always fudge the results so it would come out perfectly...
Nadkarni, a friend of Harvard's volleyball captain, decided to try that sport in his sophomore year, persuading the coach to "take him on as a little project." The "little project" turned out spectacularly, as Nadkarni made the All-Ivy team the last two years and served as co-captain this year. "I've got springs," he says...
...also allowed them to pull some gags. For the premier of the latest Bond thriller, "A View to a Kill," they asked the manager of the Sack Cheri to set aside some seats for the film's author and his party. Elvy pretended to be the chauffeur while a friend from M.I.T. pretended to be the author. When they arrived, the manager eagerly shook the alleged author's hand and showed him and his "bodyguards" in to a row of prime seats. The pair attest that the plan came off without a hitch...
DIED. John Martin, 91, dean of U.S. dance critics and tireless champion of the modern dance movement; in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. For 35 years at the New York Times, he was American dance's best friend and one of its harshest critics, presciently molding both an audience and a direction for pioneers of choreography like Martha Graham. Martin looked beyond the longestablished patterns of steps and positions, preaching that the elements of dance were an end in themselves. "The modern dance is not a system," he famously proclaimed, "it is a point of view...
They may have been singing Amazing Grace, but when Willie Nelson and his backup singers Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter took to the stage last week, it was Plains, Ga., that was on their minds. As a longtime friend, Nelson was there in his bushier-than-ever beard to help the Carters celebrate their hometown's 100th birthday. The party began with a five-mile road race; the former - President and still earnest jogger came in 314th out of 437 with a time of 40:35. He did better during the parade down Main Street, leading the way with Rosalynn past...