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...MAKING OF TELEVISION: Begun as a late-night news show that was only supposed to last for the duration of the Iran hostage crisis, Nightline has become, 16 years later, the most important news broadcast on American television. Ted Koppel, the show's masterly anchorman, is certainly entitled to toot his own horn, and 'Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television,' which he has co-authored with former Nightline producer Kyle Gibson (Times Books; 477 pages; $25), has its self-indulgent excesses. It is essentially a scrapbook of the show's milestones, major interviews, bookers' war stories...
...Ellington tune "Blues in Blueprint," followed by Marsalis's "Back to Basics," which allowed the band to open up a bit with solos throughout each section. However, it wasn't until after they had played two selections from Ellington's Deep South Suite and "Red Garter" from Ellington's Toot Suite that the band finally began to warm up. The highpoint of the first set came with the second Toot Suite selection, entitled "Red Shoes." Solos by Ryan Kisor and Sherman Irby, and impressive clarinet work by Victor Goines took the energy of the band up to another level...
Children of some cultures are taught in their early age to endure and persevere and not to 'hang out dirty laundry' or 'toot their own horn...
With such an array of beauty now available, one would think the fashion world had left its flamboyant excesses behind. Think again. This is an industry that seems to thrive on crises. Drama counts. For every sublime Miyake, there is always someone out there on a toot. Even designers who usually make well-cut, wearable clothes, like Donna Karan, get the fever. In her DKNY show, the city girl went western, featuring dubious slinky pants with a phony chaps look, crinoline-shaped frontier skirts and hats that were at least seven gallons. In Paris, Jean-Paul Gaultier, perennial idol...
...break, a reprieve," Princeton Coach Don "Toot" Cahoon said. "If Konte hadn't played the way he played, Harvard may have turned the lights out after one period...