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...criminal investigator before he became a journalist in 1955, Robert Greene was relentless about uncovering corruption. As a reporter and an editor for Newsday, based on Long Island, N.Y., he was a formidable opponent of crooked businessmen and politicians and ultimately earned two Pulitzer prizes for his reporting on property scandals and heroin-trafficking. He later taught journalism and established a nonprofit group, Investigative Reporters and Editors, but it is his fieldwork that will continue to set the bar for tenacious and effective reporting. "He was not only respected," a former Suffolk County police commissioner told Newsday, "he was feared...
Known as Mama B to her friends and family, Cedella Booker, the mother of legendary reggae musician Bob Marley, was an accomplished artist. In addition to penning two biographies of her world-famous son, the Jamaican native recorded albums, including Awake Zion and Smilin' Island of Song. Married to Bob's father Norval Marley for nearly 30 years, until his death in 1955, she later remarried and moved to the U.S. Like her son, who died in 1981, she passed away in Miami...
...newer fans familiar with only his latest claim to fame. The album begins exuberantly and— though Green masks this sentiment in countless clever guises—it remains so throughout. The array of genres is dizzying. Green croons unabashedly on “Tropical Island,” coupling stereotypically lilting island music with lyrics like “Ring-ding, another one dies / Watching posers scandalize / Trading off their panty lines one day.” Abruptly, “Cannot Get Sicker” yanks the listener’s frame of reference in the direction...
...right back and you’ll hear a tale about 11 people stranded on a desert island, their clashes with the native culture, and their fierce struggles for power. “Castaways,” the freshman musical comedy about the troubles of island life, opens April 18 in the Adams House Pool Theatre. The Roving Reporter got tired of talking to his volleyball, so he decided to go find out what the play’s cast and director were up to.Matthew C. Stone ’11RR: What do you do for the freshman musical...
...attendee said. Stuffed to a state of gastronomic bliss, the message seemed to ring loud and clear to all those present: Healthy was delicious.The question is, will this marriage last in the real world? Is it the product of true love, or of a Temptation Island for Foodies? Dining in the heart of Napa Valley, eating fine fare prepared by CIA chefs in perfect 75-degree weather, the latter seemed likely. The HMS-CIA union made sense in the palm tree-lined, perfectly manicured estate (read: castle) of the former Christian Brothers Winery. But take the philosophy home; bring...