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...made his way to New York, where he was soon in demand as a sideman, earning up to $400 a week even as the Depression got under way. In 1933, he met John Hammond, a descendant of Commodore Vanderbilt's, who backed up his love for jazz with a considerable amount of cash. A year later, with underwriting from Hammond, Goodman formed his first band, which opened at Billy Rose's Music Hall in New York City. It was too intense and driving for a public conditioned to syrupy hotel orchestras. But for all its kick-up-your- heels abandon...
...volunteer for Jack Kennedy, made TV commercials, served a stint on LIFE magazine. ''The black bourgeoisie,'' she writes, ''took great pride in its separateness from ordinary black culture.'' It was Lena redivivus, including marriage to a white man--in this case Director Sidney Lumet, the ex-husband of Gloria Vanderbilt. Buckley admits that black history took place for her like news from another planet. The Supreme Court decision desegregating schools had less significance than a scene in Las Vegas featuring an infatuated Marlene Dietrich pursuing Frank Sinatra. The year Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery...
...What was very clear here was that the interest of students is at an all-time high in terms of public service,” said Purcell, who returned to his hometown in January to lead Vanderbilt's Child and Family Policy Center. “I found their enthusiasm and interest contagious for everyone involved in this program...
...accept an offer from--and, yes, probably pay a nonrefundable deposit to--another school, lest they have nowhere to attend in the fall. Some waitlisted students use the time to take action. Sam Davison, a senior at Highland Park High School in Texas, was waitlisted at his first choice, Vanderbilt University. To boost his chances, Davison had a family friend who is an alumnus write a letter on his behalf. And he is in touch with a Vanderbilt admissions officer. Vanderbilt, which waitlisted 25% more applicants this year than last for a class of 1,550, lets its reps speak...
...Davison Waitlisted at: Vanderbilt University Strategy: Davison, also an HP senior, had a Vandy alum write a recommendation. And he's keeping in touch with the admissions...