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DIED. John H. Hammond, 76, jazz and blues enthusiast and legendary musical talent scout who helped popularize, among others, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Bessie Smith, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen; in New York City. An heir to the Vanderbilt fortune, Hammond haunted night clubs and jazz joints for some 50 years, unearthing and promoting his musical discoveries, who also included Billie Holiday and Lester Young, mostly for Columbia Records...
Some journalists also found the letter troubling. "I may not be able to define perfectly the 'invasion of privacy' in presidential politics," wrote Boston Globe Columnist Ellen Goodman, "but I know it when I see it. This is it." In the Times's defense, Whitney argues that reporting is "one big fishing expedition. That doesn't mean we print everything we find...
...history, directors seem unable to mount the Bard's work without finding, or imposing, new meanings. For sheer chutzpah -- and fun -- it would be tough to top the vaudeville The Comedy of Errors that opened last week at New York City's Lincoln Center after playing at Chicago's Goodman Theater in 1983 and the Los Angeles Olympic Arts Festival in 1984. In this madcap vision of ancient Ephesus, everyone must learn to juggle...
...Ellen P. Goodman...
...rivals, such as the Japanese, British and Swiss. Only three years ago, Citicorp ranked as the world's No. 1 banking company. Last year it slipped to No. 5 behind a group of Japanese banking companies that are "beating Citicorp's pants off in international lending," according to Joan Goodman, who follows the industry for the Pershing brokerage firm. Because most of Citicorp's foreign competitors have already set aside large reserves against potential Third World losses, those banks have enjoyed higher international credit ratings and therefore lower costs in raising money and capital. Reed's draconian new effort, says...