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Presented annually since 1956 by the trustees of the Richards Free Library of Newport, N.H., the award is given to a person of literary stature whose body of work has exhibited a meaningful connection to New England...

Author: By Alice E. M. Underwood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gates Honored For Academic Works | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...award presentation took place in the Newport Opera House, and Gates described it as “a very moving ceremony...

Author: By Alice E. M. Underwood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Gates Honored For Academic Works | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

...their repertoire purloined from Seeger and other traditionalists. Then one man suggested that the genre could be bigger. "The American public is like Sleeping Beauty, waiting to be kissed awake by the prince of folk music," said Albert Grossman, a Chicago entrepreneur, at the first Newport Folk Festival, in 1959. Bob Dylan, whose manager Grossman became in 1962, may have been that prince, but the raspy-voiced kid needed troubadours to sell his message to the masses. Grossman had seen Travers perform with her friends Peter Yarrow and Noel Stookey; he took them on, changed Noel's name to Paul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Folk's Beloved Princess: Mary Travers Dies at 72 | 9/17/2009 | See Source »

...Harvard Crimson spoke to three of them to get an idea of what they hope to bring to Harvard.Ted BarronTed Barron, film scholar and critic, was the Senior Programmer of the Harvard Film Archives from 2002-2007. He has served on the juries of film festivals including the Newport International Film Festival and is an editor for “The Straddler,” an interdisciplinary culture journal.The Harvard Crimson: How does it feel to be back at Harvard?Ted Barron: It’s actually kind of strange and very nice to be back in the Carpenter Center...

Author: By Sophie O. Duvernoy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Visiting Faculty Bring Diverse Experiences to VES Dept. | 9/11/2009 | See Source »

...tier share system could also prevent the stock from trading at a full premium. "Two classes of stock with two different voting powers is generally viewed negatively by institutional investors," says John Arabia, a managing director at Green Street Advisors of Newport Beach, Calif. "You could get into a situation where somebody owns more of the company but has less control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hyatt's IPO: Bad Timing or Family Necessity? | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

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