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Having assembled an army of bloggers out of some 250 of her celebrity and politician friends, Arianna Huffington last week launched her much hyped HUFFINGTONPOST.COM. Randomness rules: a cute photo from mockumentary filmmaker Christopher Guest's garden ("my first sprout of the year") follows a bitter gibe from playwright David Mamet on New York magazine drama critic John Simon, fired last week "from the post he long disgraced." But there's no way to search, and the bloggers share a cluttered home page with sundry news links. If you're not a fan, you can find company on blogs like...
DIED. JAY MARSHALL, 85, magician-ventriloquist dubbed the Dean of Magic by the Society of American Magicians; in Chicago. An opening act for performers from Frank Sinatra to Milton Berle and a frequent guest on the Ed Sullivan Show, he would banter with his brash puppet, Lefty, and perform signature tricks like the Jaspernese Thumb Tie, in which his crossed thumbs, securely interlocked, penetrated spectators' legs, chairs and other objects...
...Before I turned in, I made a quick visit downstairs for refreshment. I returned two hours, and many digital pictures, later. The proprietor, Soso Giorgadze, opened his kitchen to me. I sat with him, his wife, his sister-in-law and a security guard hired to protect the special guest for the night. We exchanged toasts and good wishes for our countries, our children and grandchildren. We made up in hand gestures what we couldn't with language. Plates of cheese, bread and sliced meats came at regular intervals, as did the 35-year-old brandy. (A vintage that...
Following an opening performance by musician Vudoo Soul, Guest of Honor Jean Yu-wen Wu, a graduate of the Graduate School of Education, spoke about her own experience as an Asian American and discussed issues relating to “Asian America...
...doing so, he departs somewhat from his past work on the subject and from his geopolitical expertise. Friedman may be best known on campus for his role as a guest lecturer this semester in Social Analysis 78, “Globalization and Its Critics,” co-taught by University President Lawrence H. Summers and Bass Professor of Government Michael J. Sandel (who is—incidentally—Friedman’s college friend from their years as undergrads at Brandeis). In the wider world, Friedman is a high-profile New York Times columnist and a trained scholar...