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...native of Westfield, Massachusetts, Rzewski graduated from Phillips Academy Andover in 1954 and came to Harvard. He studied here under Walter Piston but was also greatly influenced by Christian Wolff, at that time a graduate student in the classics department. Wolff introduced Rzewski to the avant-garde chance techniques of John Cage and Morton Feldman as well as those of Wolff himself, and Rzewski eventually became as famous for performing the works of these composers as for his own music. Upon graduating from Harvard, Rzewski spent two years at Princeton before going to Europe on Fulbright and Ford Foundation grants...
...generation in American history. Blessed by the real estate boom of the 1970s and '80s, the stock- market surge of the '80s and lucrative pensions, Social Security payments and a high savings rate, older Americans as a group have amassed a nest egg that New York University economist Edward Wolff values at $5.3 trillion -- an average of $258,000 for each household headed by a person over 64. Those assets mean an unprecedented windfall for many otherwise struggling younger Americans. The money is already flowing fast: the share of total household net worth derived from inheritances and family gifts jumped...
...more than 80% have paid off their mortgage. The number of deaths among this group is expected to rise from 1.3 million in 1980 to 1.8 million in 2000, which converts into a lot of teary- eyed beneficiaries. On average, each can expect to inherit $50,000, according to Wolff. Warns Ken Dychtwald, president of Age Wave Inc., a consulting group in Emeryville, California: "There's going to be an inheritance cascade...
CREDIT: [TMFONT 1 d #666666 d {Source: Edward Wolff, New York University}]TIME Graphic by Steve...
...James '95 DB 19 Morgan, David '94 QB 20 Joyce, Kendrick '93 HB 20 Foote, Colin '95 DB 21 Quealy, Michael '94 DB 21 Robins, Harlan '95 HB 22 Wallace, Mike '95 HB 23 Hill, Michael '93 FB 23 Hunt, Brian '95 DB 24 Flaherty, Steve '94 RB 25 Wolff, Sam '93 LB 26 Sonne, Rob '93 DB 27 DeGustino, Brian '95 FB 27 Beck, Chris '94 OL 28 Andre, Chris '94 DB 29 Tyrell, Nathan '95 DB 30 Mansavage, Barney '94 LB 31 Hirsch, Robb '93 HB 32 Shanahan, Keven '94 DB 32 Newell, William '95 HB 33 Miller...