Word: legend
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...master composer's Big Band was jazz's gold standard, creating such classics as Black, Brown and Beige. Duke's compositions--timelessly elegant and invested with rich textures and emotional fullness--helped push jazz to unparalleled heights. Just as his popularity seemed to be fading, he reignited his legend with the fiery 1956 recording Ellington at Newport...
...ANGELES: Phil Hartman was a personality without a story, a successful "Saturday Night Live" graduate without a Belushi legend or a pile of lurid Farley stories. Hartman did impressions; he was a voice man; he perfected the persona of the likable jerk -- but he never really captured your imagination. You never wondered what he did at home...
...Muslim house of worship in Uttar Pradesh state called the Babri mosque and razed it, many of them ripping at the stones and mortar with their bare hands. Subsequent Hindu-Muslim rioting across the country left more than 1,000 dead. When the mosque was destroyed--according to legend, it had been built on the birthplace of the Hindu god-king Ram--many feared that if the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party who egged on the fanatics ever came to power, it would mean civil...
...says he was drawn early on to Sinatra's blunt Hoboken, N.J., charisma. "When I was growing up," says Vandross, "he represented success and respect." Another pop star who has learned from Sinatra is Bono, 38, lead singer of the Irish rock group U2. Presenting Sinatra with a special "Legend" Award at the Grammys in 1994, Bono pinpointed Frank's appeal for a new generation: "Rock-'n'-roll people love Frank Sinatra because Frank Sinatra has got what we want--swagger and attitude." And 19-year-old hip-hop soul singer Usher admires Sinatra...
Even here in Beantown, in an Adams house common room straining to hear John Sterling and Michael Kay's call over an Internet feed, temporarily abandoning Jackson Pollock and Barnett Newman for the exploits of another New York school, Well's quest for baseball legend shone through...