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MARTHA STEWART, about a camel ride she took in Kazakhstan before watching the launch of a Russian rocket ship carrying her friend, billionaire Charles Simonyi, and two cosmonauts into orbit on a 13-day journey to the International Space Station. For Simonyi's trip, Stewart packed meals that included quail roasted in Madiran wine, duck breast confit with capers and shredded chicken parmentier...
...University prepares to launch its long-delayed capital campaign, some say Faust’s number-one priority when she enters Mass. Hall on July 1 will be building relationships with key alumni and wooing back graduates left disaffected by the tumult of the Lawrence H. Summers...
...links to a rival Shi'ite militia, the Badr Brigade. By the end of March local officials say nearly 60 people had been killed. On March 20 Mahdi Army fighters torched police checkpoints in 15 different neighborhoods around Diwaniyah and laid claim to the territory, prompting U.S. forces to launch a counterattack on on April...
Fuller's aim is much more ambitious than making Idol a fund-raising juggernaut. He wants to launch a whole new TV genre, using America's most popular show as his springboard. But he and Curtis do not seem daunted, either because they believe Idol is unsinkable or because they're both pretty familiar with the whole putting-on-a-show concept. "These things can be fantastically innovative and dynamic and not just ploddy old telethons," says Fuller. He admits Fox is not so sure. "But, hats off to them, they're supporting us. How reluctantly, I don't know...
...venerated sideman for greats like Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington, he was one of the rare masters of bebop--a jaunty sound previously deemed incompatible with the clarinet's soft tones. The arranger and composer also branched out to embrace sounds from countries like Japan and Senegal, helping launch the genre now known as world music. In doing so, he skirted classification--and high-voltage celebrity. "Without experimenters," he said, "jazz would die a lingering death...