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...glance at "The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin" reveals, he wrote a zillion rag tunes ("That Mysterious Rag," "Ragtime Violin!", "Ragtime Mockingbird," "Ragtime Jockey Man," "Ragtime Soldier Man," "That International Rag") before and after "Alexander." He based whole songs on other people's airs ("That Mesmerizing Mendelsohn Tune," from Mendelsohn's "Spring Song"). He'd drop a snatch of a public-domain song in one of his (the bugle call and "Swanee River" in "Alexander's Ragtime Band"; "There's No Place Like Home" and "Farmer in the Dell" in "He Ain't Got Rhythm...
University President Lawrence H. Summers expressed similar concerns for the issues raised by Mendelsohn, but he said that, to his knowledge, Harvard has not to date been solicited for these kinds of information...
Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn raised the issue during the question period of the meeting, expressing his concerns that the University was not prepared for how it could respond to requests for information about students unrelated to a criminal investigation, as has happened at several other universities...
...Mendelsohn recommended that the University develop a policy for handling such requests...
...walk out of the shower [and see the sign] and you gotta do a double-take,” added Josh M. Mendelsohn...