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...called her the queen of American folk music. Odetta's stage presence was regal enough: planted onstage like an oak tree no one would dare cut down, wearing a guitar high on her chest, she could envelop Carnegie Hall with her powerful contralto as other vocalists might fill a phone booth. This was not some pruny European monarch but a stout, imperious queen of African-American music. She used that amazing instrument to bear witness to the pain and perseverance of her ancestors. Some folks sing songs. Odetta testified...
...requested that his name not be printed, said he acknowledged that the title of Harvard president has been misused but maintained that his company was not responsible. “It’s true that some sales assistants advertised inappropriately,” the representative said during a phone interview. “But they are not from our company.” He added that while Megee created the image of “Bell Johnson,” the retailers who carry his company’s products are responsible for giving him the title...
...Soon after, the news from the city began to trickle in, and both Rabbi Gavriel and Holtzbergand were unreachable by cell phone...
...country, hoping to collect more than $100 million in coins and small bills. It's an old-school way of raising money and the Army knows it, so this year, the charity is supplementing its famous Red Kettle Campaign with a Twitter feed, a Facebook widget, and a cell phone text message donation program in addition to its recently introduced online kettle program. The Army, short on volunteer bell ringers, even pays some people to coax passersby into donating their spare change for the organization's causes, which include disaster relief, soup kitchens, drug and alcohol counseling and homeless shelters...
...been attacked before," says Rohini Ramanathan, a radio talk-show host whose morning program has been flooded with emotional phone calls from listeners reacting to the massacre. "But after these recent attacks, people are saying let's not pretend everything's all right. We don't need to make a show of the Mumbai spirit when what we need now is to make sure this will not be forgotten, all will not be normal again...