Word: lester
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...work on jazz albums, that first endeared Martin to John and the others. Another number in the show, "Eleanor Rigby," which takes place in the wreckage of postwar Liverpool, has a cratered, post-nuclear look reminiscent of Milligan's play The Bed Sitting Room, which was filmed by Richard Lester, who directed the Beatles in A Hard Day's Night and Help! That's one of the pleasures of Love for Beatle scholars: the ripples keep widening. (Oh, and Giles Martin's godfather? Milligan again...
...will study the ethics of selling organs in India. In South Africa, another will examine HIV health care reform. This summer, six Harvard College students will tackle issues in practical ethics as the first recipients of grants sponsored by the late Harvard benefactor Lester Kissel, a 1931 graduate of the Law School. For Kelly W. Heuer ’07, the grant—which carries a stipend of $3,000—will allow her to travel to Beijing to research Chinese philosophy on justice and individual rights. “It’s really great to think...
...discs, her reedy, frayed-at-the-edges voice, teasingly lagging the beat, instinctively breathes the bittersweet essence of the jazz life. What's more, she is surrounded by the finest sidemen of the era (1935-42), including pianist Teddy Wilson and her musical and emotional soul mate, tenor saxophonist Lester Young...
NOMINATED. ANDREW VON ESCHENBACH, 64, as George W. Bush's third Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner; in Washington. The promotion of Von Eschenbach, who has been acting FDA chief since the resignation of Lester Crawford last September, promptly stalled over the controversy surrounding Plan B, the "morning after" pill. A urology surgeon who has led the National Cancer Institute since 2002 (he now plans to retire from that job), Von Eschenbach enters a long-simmering battle. The Bush Administration has so far delayed a decision on whether to approve the emergency contraceptive pill for over-the-counter use despite...
Associate Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) Gideon Lester was so impressed by Dorin’s aspirations that he asked to become the play’s advisor, a flattering request from someone already so highly situated in professional theatre...