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DIED. JOE WILLIAMS, 80, jazz icon who sang with the Count Basie Orchestra; in Las Vegas. During his five-decade career, Williams, who in the '80s appeared on The Cosby Show as Grandpa Al, was known for perfect musical timing and the intimacy he conveyed in his blues and ballads, most famously his trademark Every Day (I Have the Blues). Among his many honors: a star next to Basie's on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (see Eulogy...
Long before he was my grandfather, Grandpa splurged on an expensive piece of new technology called a television because his beloved Detroit Tigers made the World Series. My not-so-beloved Dolphins didn't make the Super Bowl this year, so I didn't follow suit and buy a pricey high-definition television (HDTV) set. But I borrowed one for my Super Bowl party to preview my generation's TV transition. The early verdict: a helluva TV, but not much...
...images of empty chairs and unused personal artifacts captured by Vanessa Bertozzi '00 echoed the themes of loss and separation, the serenity of her grandfather sitting on a picnic table by the seaside could really only be fully appreciated by reading her accompanying picture book entitled, "The Tenacity of Grandpa Beane." The book is Bertozzi's attempt to understand her grandfather in light of her grandmother's passing. The elegantly pared--down narration of the text lends even greater import to still frames of her mother cleaning the possessions of everyday life from a closet...
...groom, we are cryptically told, is a "fellow classmate." (Katya is a history major at Moscow State, although she has been on "academic leave.") Kremlin handlers are willing to discuss the particulars of the President's bleeding ulcer, but Katya's nuptials--which, given her grandpa's state, looked a bit rushed--are strictly off limits. Reports in the Russian media, however, indicated that Grandpa (who turns 68 this week) was "extremely sad" not to be there. Yeltsin did give his blessing and a bouquet to the newlyweds--when they stopped by the Kremlin hospital after the service...
...Moscow State, although she has been on "academic leave.") Kremlin handlers are willing to discuss the particulars of the President's bleeding ulcer, but Katya's nuptials -- which, given her grandfather's state, looked a bit rushed -- are strictly off limits. Reports in the Russian media, however, indicated that Grandpa (who turns 68 this week) was "extremely sad" not to be there. Yeltsin did give his blessing and a bouquet to the newlyweds -- when they stopped by the Kremlin hospital after the service...