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...Under no circumstances would I ever have anyone fired for having breasts that were too large." BILLY JOEL, pop singer, responding to accusations from a dancer in a production of his hit Broadway show Movin' Out that she was fired because of her ample bosom...
DIED. BUCK OWENS, 76, singer of more than 20 No. 1 country hits and longtime co-host of the hayseed variety show Hee Haw; in Los Angeles. Although 16 years in Hee Haw's Kornfield Kounty made Owens appear part of the Nashville establishment, his music career was spent in defiance of what he considered country music's slick, string-heavy arrangements. As a popularizer of the Bakersfield sound, named for the California town that was a destination for Dust Bowl refugees like himself, Owens used honky-tonk vocals and rock-'n'-roll guitars to add edge to his songs...
LEONARD COHEN Movie: I'm Your Man, due in theaters in June Set list: Artists like Nick Cave and Rufus Wainwright pay tribute to the enigmatic singer-songwriter Nonfan appeal: Pretty good. A little band called U2 appears Bring your: Zoloft...
Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker: “The Possibility of Altruism,” Thomas Nagel “Created from Animals,” James Rachels “The Expanding Circle,” Peter Singer “The Moral Animal,” Robert Wright “Passions Within Reason,” Robert Frank “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” Woody Allen “Enemies: A Love Story,” Isaac Bashevis Singer “The Legacy of Raizel Kaidish” (in the collection...
...Saturday night for a concert organized to support dissidents in Iran. The concert, sponsored by nine campus groups, brought together student musicians and a diverse group of speakers to send a message of solidarity to students in Iran opposing human rights violations. Musical performers included the band Major Major, singer-songwriter Katie E. Fitzgerald ’09, and saxophonist Marcus G. Miller ’08. In between musical performances, representatives from the Harvard College Democrats and the Harvard Republican Club took the stage to endorse the concert’s human rights agenda. Undergraduate Council President John...