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...Manhattan. Schoonmaker dropped out of Princeton University in 1923 because he felt it had little to teach him, and on a visit to France began his study of vintages in the household of a wine merchant. In 1933, Harold Ross of The New Yorker commissioned Schoonmaker to write a landmark ten-article series on the wines of Europe that started him on his career as one of the nation's premier wine critics. Later Schoonmaker became a consultant to leading American vintners and went into the wine business himself. His books include Frank Schoonmaker's Dictionary of Wines...
...innovative film composer who won an Academy Award at 30 with his music for All That Money Can Buy; of an apparent heart attack; in Los Angeles. Herrmann's association with Orson Welles dated from the radio days of the 1930s to his scoring of Welles' landmark film Citizen Kane. Later, for such Sci-fi thrillers as The Day the Earth Stood Still and Beneath the 12-Mile Reef, he mingled discordant wails of electronic instruments to evoke the sounds of rolling thunder or blood-curdling shrieks. Among Herrmann's nonfilm credits were his opera Wuthering Heights...
Nancy Gertner, the attorney for White, recently re-appointed assistant professor of Fine Arts at Tufts, said the trial may result in a landmark decision determining "how viable Title VII is for other women in an academic setting...
...Landmark of Sorts...
...goal was a landmark of sorts, making Grassby the first Harvard player besides Dave Acorn to score in almost a month. Since Chris Saunders tallied against Cornell six games ago, Acorn has shouldered the whole Crimson scoring load...