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DUKE ELLINGTON (1899-1974) From the 1930s to the '50s, the master composer's Big Band was jazz's gold standard, creating such classics as Black, Brown and Beige. Duke's compositions--timelessly elegant and invested with rich textures and emotional fullness--helped push jazz to unparalleled heights. Just as his popularity seemed to be fading, he reignited his legend with the fiery 1956 recording Ellington at Newport...
...parts that have been added include three Olympians--two of them gold-medal winners--one Canadian National Team member and a pair of rookies that took the ECAC by storm this season. Despite missing some of those parts this year, Harvard (14-16, 6-14 ECAC, 2-6 Ivy) established itself as a team on the brink of excellence in the world of women's college ice hockey...
...Crimson, after all, entered the season shorthanded. Harvard's all-time leading scorer A.J. Mleczko '97-'99, a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Team, took her second year off to participate in the Nagano Games. Tammy Shewchuck '00-'01, who broke Mleczko's single-season school scoring record last season with 53 points in her rookie season, also took the year off to train with the Canadian National Team...
...Winter Olympics are inaugurated in Saint Moritz, Switzerland. The U.S. garners three gold medals and finishes an unofficial third, behind Sweden and Switzerland. During the Games, Dick Button '52 becomes the first American to win a figure skating title. The Summer Olympics, held between July 29 and August 14 in London, ended more favorably for the U.S. team. They claimed the unofficial team championship, winning 33 gold medals...
...outdone, Hilton Hotels as of May is allowing members of its HHonors Worldwide program to trade in 600,000 points for a one-carat-diamond engagement ring. For those who still want to travel but are looking for something different, Marriott Rewards and Hyatt Hotels Gold Passport programs offer cruises to a host of exotic destinations for top members. Hilton counters with a six-night safari for two in Kenya, at a cost of 250,000 HHonors Worldwide points. "It's those different, unanticipated awards that are so meaningful to our members," says Jeff Diskin, president and chief operating officer...