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Graham coasted to victory at the last minute onthe "transfer" ballots she received from twounsuccessful candidates: Lester P. Lee, Jr., theonly other Black candidate, and North Cambridgeliberal Edward...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Graham Wins Ninth Council Seat | 11/9/1987 | See Source »

Declaring, "no country can run a trade deficit forever," MIT economist Lester Thurow yesterday said Americans will suffer a sharp reduction in their standard of living due to the recent economic crisis...

Author: By Noam S. Cohen, | Title: MIT Dean: Economy On Brink | 10/28/1987 | See Source »

...visit was just one of several recent signs that jazz is thriving at Harvard. Last May, the Jazz Band's 15th Anniversary Concert was an inspired and polished success, with jazz greats like Illinois Jacquet and Lester Bowie leading the Band in front of a sell-out crowd. It's refreshing to see that the Jazz Band has not lost its momentum, its swing or its quest for improvement...

Author: By Abigail M. Mcganney, | Title: Bloomsday at Harvard | 10/23/1987 | See Source »

...some undetermined point, the public will start to feel more than a little edgy. Says Lester Thurow, dean of M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management: "For the U.S., it happens when our debts seem to be unreasonable to the rest of the world relative to our wealth, when we start looking like Brazil." At that point, some unexpected event could trigger a panic. Says Rohatyn: "The cause is utterly unpredictable. Some trading company in Hong Kong will go belly-up, or perhaps a bank in Luxembourg...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Ripe for a Crash? | 10/5/1987 | See Source »

...helped popularize, among others, Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Bessie Smith, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen; in New York City. An heir to the Vanderbilt fortune, Hammond haunted night clubs and jazz joints for some 50 years, unearthing and promoting his musical discoveries, who also included Billie Holiday and Lester Young, mostly for Columbia Records...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 20, 1987 | 7/20/1987 | See Source »

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