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...will be a contributor for the rest of his career here at Harvard,” he says.For such a well-rounded student-athlete, this career may very well reach beyond the grass of Jordan Field, but if Gibbons continues his masterful play, he will undoubtedly become a legend...
...state in the country's political tradition. Gryzlov pointedly used the English word "leader," rather than its Russian equivalent of Vozhd - because the Russian term is still closely associated with Stalin. The careful choice of words doesn't change the message, though. Indeed, some 70 years ago, urban legend has it that a little boy asked his father about Stalin. The father duly explained that Stalin was this country's Vozhd. "That's weird," the precocious progeny mused aloud. "I gathered from books that only primordial tribes needed a Vozhd. Civilized countries have constitutional governments...
...Cavaliere until he passed away in 2002 at age 86, Ratti was considered a major figure in the Made in Italy story. Visconti, who collaborated with him on ties and scarves, remembers him as a "man of great values with a strong passion for his work." Labeled a legend for his dedication and foresight, Ratti was a gentleman who cared deeply about his employees. When the printing factory was built, he insisted on installing huge windows, giving his workers a breathtaking view of the Alps...
...highly evolved and deeply primal sound. But in fall 2006, singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney were approached by eccentric producer-auteur Brian Burton (a.k.a. Danger Mouse)—best known for his work in Gnarls Barkley—to collaborate on a project with rock legend Ike Turner on the latter’s comeback album. Turner passed away in late 2007 before the project could be completed, but the relationship catalyzed “Attack & Release.”As their first album recorded in a professional studio, with an outside producer, or with additional...
...appeared in) shows that in Vietnam-era science fiction, no less than in other films of the period, happy endings were not mandatory. Even escapist films offered scant chance of escape from the sour national mood. The 1971 The Omega Man (recently remade with Will Smith as I Am Legend) was another dystopian fantasy film. Again Heston was possibly the last human on earth, battling predatory subhuman creatures who might have been the Black Panthers, the Weather Underground or the Watergate plotters. In the jungle that has replaced civilization, reason gives way to armed self-defense. When another human does...