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Pianist Hancock, a Davis protege, followed the leader in 1973 with Head Hunters, another hit that was less jazz and more rock: it had fewer solos, a funky disco beat and the lusher sounds of a synthesizer. Weather Report, a well-respected group that includes Wayne Shorter on sax, has...
"Like a normal love relationship, the mentor-protege situation is difficult to terminate in a reasonable, civil manner. On the average they last two or three years--at the most they'll last about eight to ten years," he said.
The mentor relationship occurs primarily when the protege is between the ages of 17 and 28, and helps shift the orientation of a young man's self-image from being family-oriented to self-reliant, he said.
In addition, the mentor relationship helps the protege "integrate the inner splitting of masculine and feminine aspects of self," Levinson said. The protege learns to give without "competitive rivalry, to love without fear of homosexuality, and to be a better mentor to women" later in life, he added.
Before Chambers' charges of espionage cut him down, Hiss had seemed headed for a great future; some associates even thought he was a potential Secretary of State. One of the New Deal's bright young men, he worked briefly for the Agriculture Department and the Nye committee, which was investigating...