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Anyone assembling a roster of artistic types who shaped the 20th century aesthetic could do worse than a team comprising Duke Ellington, Fred Astaire, Ernest Hemingway, Alfred Hitchcock and Noel Coward. Through some unlikely alignment of the planets, all five were born in the last eight months of 1899, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sad About the Boy: Noel Coward | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

Those familiar with previous accounts of the 1918 contagion (Richard Collier's The Plague of the Spanish Lady or Alfred Crosby's America's Forgotten Pandemic) may be surprised to learn that science has yet to discover what made that particular flu virus so deadly. Though no longer a threat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Plague of the Century | 12/13/1999 | See Source »

Once the song concluded, Alfred K. Whitehead, general president of the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), spoke of the men's lasting legacy.

Author: By Eric S. Barr, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Clinton Joins Worcester Residents in Mourning | 12/10/1999 | See Source »

As the expert sculptors of Brookline Ice, Fontecchio and his partner Alfred J. Georgs can transform a 300-pound block into an intricate carving in under an hour.

Author: By Christopher C. Pappas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Ice Men Carveth | 12/1/1999 | See Source »

DIED. ALFRED GWYNNE VANDERBILT, 87, horse-racing legend and scion of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt; in Mill Neck, N.Y., after returning from his daily visit to the Belmont racetrack. Vanderbilt was the consummate sportsman aristocrat and society high flyer. The owner of the great Thoroughbred Native Dancer, he helped introduce the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Nov. 22, 1999 | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

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