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Rostropovich went by the nickname "Slava," meaning glory - or, in the translation preferred by the American composer Leonard Bernstein, "possessed by the gods." I knew Slava through my father, Lynn Harrell, who belongs to a generation of cellists that inherited an instrument Rostropovich had changed forever. My memory of our meetings is of Slava's effusive affection: from bear hugs to damp kisses on both cheeks. Everyone he met - hotel workers, the Emperor of Japan, even the Pope - left with wet cheeks. Both with and without his instrument, it seemed, it was his goal to touch as many people...
...long tutorial beginning sophomore fall. “The choice to continue requiring two semesters of Social Studies 10 was a response to an overwhelming chorus from students and faculty who felt a year long sequence was really important to the Social Studies curriculum,” said Anya Bernstein, director of undergraduate studies. “It is the one common experience for Social Studies concentrators,” said last year’s course head, Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences Tommie Shelby. The new concentration policy, approved in the spring of 2006, is part...
...meeting and exceeding most standards for benefits across the board.” O’Brien added that Harvard employees in both same-sex marriages and same-sex partnerships receive benefit packages identical to those in heterosexual marriages. Assistant Professor of Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality Robin Bernstein said she and her partner are content with the health benefits they receive from the University. Bernstein added that since some employees may be residents of nearby states that do not permit gay marriage, it is crucial that Harvard keeps extending benefits to all same-sex partnerships, not just marriages...
That "yes" would come from Los Angeles's Cultural Heritage Commission, which dedicates anywhere from 30 to 50 monuments a year, according to staffer Ken Bernstein. "The vast majority are saved for architectural significance," says Bernstein, "but the cultural heritage ordinance does allow for and encourage designation of sites that are important to the social and cultural history of the city. The question for the commission will be whether the bungalow retains the physical qualities that enable it to tell the story of its culture and history." If so, demolition will be blocked to allow for further review until...
...Bernstein] made a claim that I’d been inconsistent about the tax cuts and I don’t think I had been,” Mankiw said. “Being opposed to a tax cut as a policy and being critical of an argument for tax cuts are two different things...