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...would always sort of tear him down. My mother has never, ever wanted but for me to be 20 times more successful than she. She is so unconflicted about that. That has really helped. Considering where she's come from, my mom is like the biggest mensch. Her parents were cold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conversation: No Fear of Family | 3/27/2005 | See Source »

...only do these vital virtuosos continue to perform, but most also teach, providing a critical link to a celebrated musical past. Bass player Homer Mensch, 89, learned orchestra playing from conducting greats Arturo Toscanini and Leonard Bernstein. Sandor grew up studying piano at Budapest's Liszt Academy with Bela Bartok, one of the 20th century's greatest composers. "[Bartok] listened to you and then played whatever you were trying to play," says Sandor of his teacher. "Technique is a difficult thing to put into words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still on the Beat | 3/15/2004 | See Source »

...first time I heard a Neubauten song, I was scared out of my wits—their 1985 album, “Halber Mensch,” opened with a maelstrom of shrieking in semi-decipherable German. Einsturzende Neubauten’s new album Perpetuum Mobile is mellower. While there’s a surprising absence of drills and metal chainsaws, their fondness for power tools and machines is still carried by the airy bellows of plastic tubing, three air compressors, electric fans and large amplified metal springs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW MUSIC | 2/27/2004 | See Source »

JOSEPH LIEBERMAN Marshmallow Mensch Full of tasty marshmallow chads and meets the strict kosher standards of a council of rabbis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dems, With Sprinkles | 7/7/2003 | See Source »

...investigating,” said Dick Mensch, a customer relations employee of Lands?...

Author: By Simon W. Vozick-levinson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PSLM Takes On Apparel Maker | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

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