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William A. Strauss ’69, a satirist whose penchant for parody left no political scandal without a song routine, died Dec. 18 at his home in McLean...
BEFORE HE LAUNCHED A musical-parody troupe that wryly skewered pols from both sides of the aisle, Bill Strauss was a policy expert and adviser on serious matters of the Senate. Then at a Memorial Day party in 1981, a group of Beltway revelers broke into silly ad-lib ditties about the Reagan Administration, and the bipartisan Capitol Steps was born. Since 1984, when Strauss took the troupe professional, it has become a $3 million-a-year business, recording 29 albums and touring widely. Among its repertoire: My Momma Told Me: You Better Sleep Around (inspired by Monica Lewinsky...
...Staff writer Nathan C. Strauss can be reached at strauss@fas.harvard.edu...
...Erian will become co-CEO and co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Company, the Los-Angeles-based bond specialist where he had previously served as a managing director and overseen investments in emerging markets. —Staff writer Nathan C. Strauss can be reached at strauss@fas.harvard.edu...
...great animator. She romanticizes the Communist Party and upbraids herself for her bourgeois sentimentalism: "Oh, why was I born a dreamy girl, demanding so much of life?" But commitment to the cause notwithstanding, she remains hopelessly enchanted with Western literature, music and poetry, referencing Victor Hugo and Johann Strauss. Indeed, despite her contribution to the war effort, her party overseers conclude that "certain bourgeois characteristics still remain" within...