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Some of the quotes on which the authors cast aspersion are phrases that everyone knows to be inaccurate. Any one who thinks that Humphrey Bogart really said "Play It Again Sam" hasn't seen Casablanca. If you think the Bible is the home of the maxim "God helps those who help themselves," then God help...
...William Humphrey...
...Georgia had leaders educated in white universities and a written constitution recognized by the U.S. But they stood in the way of white expansion, so they were driven from their homes and herded along what came to be called the Trail of Tears to the Oklahoma territory. There, Humphrey's tale has it, the survivors were forced once more to migrate. The weight of such history would seem almost too oppressive for fiction to handle. But Humphrey skillfully balances the misery with the detachment of ancient family legend. The tale descends from a boy named Amos Ferguson, blue-eyed...
...cappella pieces as well as choral/orchestral works, has been working on the St. Matthew's Passion since November. The Passion requires eight choral parts as well as eight solo parts. Tonight's performance will feature seven solo performances: Nancy Armstrong will sing soprano; Gloria Raymond will sing mezzosoprano; Jon Humphrey and Frank Kelley will sing tenor; Sanford Sylvan and Thomas Jones will sing baritone, and David Ripley will sing the bass part...
...cheap way to see one's heroes at work. But now they're a pricey entertainment. For a preseason box seat at aging Tinker Field in Orlando, the Minnesota Twins charge $7, about what it costs for an average seat during the regular season at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. In 1991 the Twins are scheduled to move to a new complex in Fort Myers. "Spring training is a very special time unique to baseball," says Dean Vogelaar, Kansas City Royals vice president for public relations. "But it's a tourist crowd...