Word: levenson
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...Peace Corps should avoid recruiting skilled people. People with technical skills can be idealistic too--the only difference is they can do a bit more with their idealism. The Peace Corps is still for those who believe that living a rich life means more than being rich. Lee levenson...
...LETTERS OF HENRY ADAMS Edited by J.C. Levenson, Ernest Samuels, Charles Vandersee, Viola Hopkins Winner; Belknap Press; 3 volumes...
...parents did not want the sideshow life of a prodigy for the eldest of their three children. When the television show The $64,000 Question called, trying to book Jimmy for an appearance, they declined. When Comedian Sam Levenson wanted to cast him as a musical genius in a TV show, they turned him down. When the legendary piano teacher Rosina Lhévinne of the Juilliard School first heard Jimmy play and said, "I must have this child," they told her to wait until he was older. Says Levine: "My parents handled all the critical decisions of my early...
...developing program reflects "the new direction of the Ed School to reaffirm its interest in schools" by supporting principas and exploring the idea of leadership. Marya Levenson, a doctoral student at the Ed School, said yesterday...
DIED. Sam Levenson, 68, humorist and matzo-barrel philosopher, whose monologues and bestselling books celebrated the folklore of New York Jewry and gently spoofed the absurdities of modern family life; of a heart attack; in Brooklyn. A teacher of high school Spanish for eleven years, Levenson amused his pupils by recounting tales of his poor but happy childhood and strict but loving parents. ("Our menu at mealtime offered two choices-take it or leave it.") After he turned his classroom routines into a nightclub act, the portly, bow-tied comedian was an instant hit on television and host...