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...dressed in cast-off clothes and wearing men's boots, she won an amateur-night contest at the Apollo Theater. When she was brought to Chick Webb's attention, he complained, "I don't want that old ugly thing!" But he took her. As admirers would later marvel, "Poor Ella, she can't play piano. All she can do is sing everything right on the first take...
Deans and professors marvel at his ability to find superstar academics and persuade them that Harvard should be their home. Fundraising staff say they have never seen someone more talented at personally soliciting donations...
Those who have served on ad hoc committees with Rudenstine say he puts an enormous amount of time into understanding the needs of Harvard's departments. All seem to marvel at the level of intellectual rigor he brings to the proceedings...
...Ballet's latest performance of "The Sleeping Beauty" is a highly-publicized parade of elegant costumes and graceful classical ballet...and very little else. The layers upon layers of sequins in the dancers' tutus sparkle beautifully, but the show's general atmosphere does not. The show is indeed a marvel to watch...
Jacobsen says most scientists marvel at how quickly we have learned about AIDS...