Word: lieberson
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DIED. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, 52, mezzo-soprano known for her intensely powerful voice and overwhelmingly emotional performances; after a long battle with breast cancer; in Santa Fe, N.M. Hunt Lieberson, a violist, didn't get her big break as a singer until she was 31, when controversial director Peter Sellars cast her in a summer festival production of Handel's Giulio Cesare. Throughout her career, she made unconventional choices, favoring complex roles in little-known baroque operas as well as contemporary pieces such as John Harbison's The Great Gatsby, in which she made her 1999 debut at New York...
...this disorganization doesn't mean Lieberson fails to put time into crafting his lectures...
...guide evaluations for Lieberson's course Sociology 150, "The Social Underpinnings of Taste" note that one half of students particularly praise his sense of humor...
...Lieberson says humor can cause students to perk up in class...
...guide evaluations also show that one third of all students fault Lieberson's organization. Yet Lieberson doesn't worry about his CUE rating...