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...that aging vegetarian, philanthropist and, oh yeah, former Beatle PAUL MCCARTNEY, 54, was to be knighted. All the Beatles were previously given M.B.E.s (Members of the Order of the British Empire), although John Lennon subsequently sent his back as a protest against the Vietnam War. "It's a fantastic honor," said McCartney, "and I'm gratefully receiving it on behalf of the people of Liverpool and the other Beatles, without whom it wouldn't have been possible." McCartney wasn't the only celebrity honored. Now, it's Lord Lloyd Webber, who can sit in the House of Lords, and Joan...
...from her sons' hospital room: "Those settlers should be butchered." For their part, the Jews of Hebron this time were careful not to give public praise. But they have a monument that to the Arabs speaks louder than words: a shrine outside Hebron erected by the Jews to honor Baruch Goldstein, perpetrator of the 1994 mosque massacre...
...Unlike his elder Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Beethoven does not hold the honor of having a Literature and Arts-B core course named after him. But he will soon be featured in a Hollywood biopic starring Ed Harris. And today, at 6:30 p.m. at the First Parish Church on 3 Church Street, Morris will seek to bring the long-dead Beethoven to life...
...Alain LeRoy Locke Lectures. The LeRoy lecture series is co-sponsored by the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, the Department of African and African American Studies, and Basic Civitas Books (a division of the Perseus Books Group). They are held in honor of the Harlem Renaissance luminary and Harvard scholar Alain Leroy Locke, and their purpose is “to bring distinguished persons to deliver lectures on topics related to the field of African-American Culture and history.” Peebles’s intended topics at his evening lectures...
...It’s a way to encourage and to honor efforts by groups of faculty to improve the quality of graduate education,” said Skocpol, who took the GSAS helm this summer...