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...show, assembled by that preeminent scholar of Broadway music, Robert Kimball, had some nice arcana, like Mercer's rejected lyric for a Harold Arlen tune that, thanks to Ira Gershwin, became "The Man That Got Away." And at the end, one of Mercer's most important interpreters came on stage: Margaret Whiting, still a pistol at 81. The night I attended, she went dry on some lyrics to "One for My Baby," then won the audience back by muttering, in her best saloon-chanteuse alto, "Of all the songs to blow, it had to be this...
...Deringer, Sarah E. Fawcett, Mary J. James, David M. Kaden, Iliana Montauk, Stuart J. Robinson, and William G. Woolston, and those honored from Eliot House are Amelia E. Atlas, Heather L. Brink-Roby, Annelisa H. Pedersen, and Rowena H. Potts.The prizewinners in Kirkland House are Kristian J. Bergen, Robert L. Cohen, Christine S. Y. Kim, Om L. Lala, and Anica C. Law.Leverett House had the most Hoopes this year with ten winners: Luke M. Appling, Stephen Y.M. Fan, Elizabeth W. Green, Jessica J. Kim, Shih E. Lu, Julian M. Rose, Lisa L. Shu, Kelly Shue, Daniel B. Williams, and Emily...
...future expansion. “Once you let a complex through the door there’s no stopping it. It becomes a runaway freight train,” he said, noting the difficult balancing act the city must undertake to allow institutions to develop without overwhelming the neighborhood. Robert E. Cook ’68, director of the Arboretum, said that the development was necessary for the Arboretum’s growth and that Weld Hill was one of the few sites they could use for it. “The Arboretum needs to create modern research laboratories, which...
...enhancements such as the Lamont Café and Loker Pub, FAS has been cutting money elsewhere—including the elimination of the Group III budget, a $200,000 fund for renovating the Houses.“This is the problem when times are tough,” said Robert P. Kirshner, the master of Quincy House. “Even things that are valuable and good sometimes are trimmed.”Kirshner, the Clowes professor of science, said that several projects, including a renovation of the Quincy Grille’s ventilation system, will go on despite...
...March 14, the day after the alleged rape occurred, Duke Police Director Robert Dean told Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students Sue Wasiolek about the previous night's incident and the Durham police's comments. Dean did not mention that the woman was African American. The committee found it "extraordinary" that no one in a senior position at Duke, including President Richard Brodhead, knew the racial aspects involved in the incident until March 24. Duke Police also did not pass along information about a 911 phone call in which a woman complained of racial slurs coming...