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DIED. William Primrose, 77, world's foremost viola virtuoso whose sweet, pure tone and musicianship raised the viola to the rank of the violin and cello as a solo instrument; in Provo, Utah. The Glasgow-born Primrose was a violin prodigy before he switched to the larger viola, with which he felt "a sense of oneness that I never felt when playing the violin." A world-touring solo recitalist, he settled in the U.S. in 1937 and became first viola of the NBC Symphony under Arturo Toscanini. Later known for his performances of chamber music, he also worked with...
...students who start but do not finish college. Nothing that this category includes three fourths of all students with particularly low grades and College Board scores. Bok makes an outrageous leap of logic. He recommends that such students whose combined SAI scores are below 700 and who rank in the lowest quarter of their class--be ruled ineligible for federal aid. The reason: Educating them will probably not produce any "public benefit...
decades, eight Florida papers have won Pulitzer Prizes, more than in any other state. When asked to rank the state's best newspapers, Florida journalists usually cite, in order...
DIED. Louis Lyons, 84, distinguished newspaper journalist, radio essayist, director of Harvard University's Nieman Foundation and vigilant watchdog of the American press; of cancer; in Cambridge, Mass. Lyons became a first-rank reporter and editorial writer at the Boston Globe, and in 1938 he earned a place in the first group of Nieman fellows, who are chosen to spend a year away from their beats studying subjects of their choice at Harvard. One year later the genteel, pipe-smoking Bostonian became the Nieman's curator, and during the next 25 years made the fellowships the most eminent...
...heart of the season, Princeton came to town, so the squad primed for a first-rate struggled against a quality opponent. The Tigers rank among the top 15 teams in the country...