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...DIED. LILA KEDROVA, 82, Russian-born actress who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Madame Hortense in Zorba the Greek; in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario...
...DIED. LILA HOTZ LUCE TYNG, 100, first wife of Henry Luce, founder of TIME magazine; in Gladstone, N.J. A philanthropist and volunteer for numerous New York and New Jersey cultural institutions, Tyng was married to Luce from 1923 to 1935 and had two sons with...
...Lila Mae Watson, Whitehead's hero, is an aging black elevator inspector in an unnamed eastern metropolis that resembles a Kafkaesque New York City. The bureaucracy of the elevator workers dominates the city government. That bureaucracy is divided between two main factions that vie with each other for political influence: the so-called Empiricists, a dry, hard-headed bunch who do their jobs with scientific precision; and the Intuitionists like Watson, who work by instinct, by feel. James Fulton, the Intuitionists' patron saint, is a deceased pioneer of "verticality" whose books contain cryptic, Masonic meditations that seem to address...
Last, but not least by any standards, is Boston Ballet's much-loved production of "Celts," with choreography by Lila York and Costumes by Tunji Dada. Since its premiere in March 1996--and riding on the high-kicking heels of "Riverdance" and Michael Flately's debatably egocentric "Lord of the Dance"--"Celts" has become one of the most adored segments in Boston Ballet's recent history. Although the dance remains as pulse-pounding and foot-stomping as ever, this particular revival seems to lack the contagious energy that was known for "ensnaring the audience and lifting it to its feet...
...That would be George Grune, 68, who because of an unusual stock arrangement holds sway over enough voting shares to remove every Reader's Digest director. Grune's power source is his role as chairman of two charitable funds established by the company's childless founders, DeWitt and Lila Wallace, who died in 1981 and 1984, respectively. The funds hold 71% of the company's class-B voting shares; fund directors currently occupy three of the eight board seats. Grune also oversees seven foundations that, along with another, smaller, fund, now own 25 million shares (30%) of the company...