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Nearly 80 years later, Fitzgerald's words speak even more truly to my generation than they did to his: We are children cradled to the sound of a crooning Bob Dylan and formed in the materialistic '80s and sober '90s. We have romantic conceptions of the true meaning of student activism and have had austere lessons in the failure of pithy aphorisms and the inevitability of complexity and, often, inaction. We are a generation burdened with the memory of attempted change and of subsequent half-success or failure...
...says Dole's impeccable memory and preparation at events like this one allow her to have confidence in spontaneity--like her recital of a story about one girl saving a nurse from drowning that Bob Dole says "had tears streaming down everyone's cheeks." They also allow her audience and her organization to feel a special bond to a leader who cares enough to learn about them as individuals, Narayan said...
According to Bob Dole, that evening in San Diego symbolized what makes his wife a savvy political animal. She had mapped out her "spontaneous" steps months in advance. When her microphone shorted out just minutes before showtime, she had a backup ready...
Rowe took the job after being assured by NBC's President and CEO Bob Wright that, even though Rowe was a newcomer to the industry, "this isn't rocket science...
...Europe to show Parisians what that continent's culture was all about. So in 1978 he founded Africa Fete, a weeklong series of concerts in Paris that still draw tens of thousands of people each year. In 1993, Island Records founder Chris Blackwell (who helped bring reggae superstar Bob Marley to a global audience) licensed the name Africa Fete and started a similar show in America. He was forced to halt it, however, after three years of financial losses. This year Blackwell has brought it back with strong new sponsorship (including American Express and the Kennedy Center) and a more...