Word: singer
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Master Class has Caldwell playing Maria Callas not as singer but as instructor, imperiously advising--when she can stop talking about herself--a trio of aspiring opera stars. Although her own days onstage are over, she remains the most famous Greek woman in the world, and she has the most famous Greek man, Aristotle Onassis, for her lover--or had him, until his eye veered to President Kennedy's widow. At times, McNally arranges for the classroom to dissolve away and for Callas to address us in private monologue, revealing a tremulous woman whose fame provides some compensation...
Such a remark had to give McCartney the cringies. He composed the group's top-selling single (Hey Jude), its most widely covered song (Yesterday) and much of its most enduring music. He was the Beatles' most versatile singer, and not just as a balladeer; his scorched-throat rendition of the raver I'm Down is a highlight of the Anthology show. Yet Paul always shivered in John's shadow. Partly it was his looks. He was cute, coquettish--almost the girl of the group--so how could he be smart? He was the favorite of the girls whose screams...
...certainly would have experienced heavy security," said Steven M. Singer, director of communications and public affairs at the Kennedy School of Government...
...Singer said that he could not recall an event with greater security than Arafat's visit--not even for Vice President Al Gore '69 or other visiting dignitaries like former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev...
...Each session has a Harvard faculty member from the Kennedy School [teaching it]. We also have participation from current and past mayors," said Steven R. Singer, director of communications and public affairs at the Kennedy School...