Word: kirks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hole. With Kirk Douglas...
...There are Black students who feel we suffer from a lack of unity," said Kirk A. Parks '92, director of the African American Cultural Center. "But there is no crisis at hand. It's just a matter of improvement...
There's a special flavor to music heard live in clubs: more relaxed than on records -- often fiercer too, with inhibiting mikes out of the performers' way. The first releases from Night Records, a new Virgin Records label specializing in live performances, catch four jazz stylists (Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Les McCann, Eddie Harris and Cannonball Adderley) in moods that seldom found their way onto more formal recordings. Kirk, best known for his atonal virtuosity in blowing three saxes at once, plays clarinet with a traditional New Orleans band in a sly, down-home version of The Black and Crazy Blues...
Counting Parretti out would be a mistake. After all, he bought MGM from Kirk Kerkorian for $1.4 billion despite deafening gossip that he would never come up with the dough. He has a long history of being dismissed and then, as an MGM insider puts it, "pulling a rabbit -- even a roaring lion...
...carriers were courting the airline. But as soon as the venerable company filed for Chapter 11 protection last week, competitors were suddenly flocking to bankruptcy court. Rival carriers Delta, Trans World and Northwest all expressed interest in buying some part of the bankrupt airline. Even show-biz financier Kirk Kerkorian made an offer, promising to provide as much as $50 million in emergency financing. But bankruptcy judge Cornelius Blackshear rejected all the bids as latecomers...