Word: singings
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...long time later, Marian Anderson would recall her early years in south Philadelphia. "I'd think, 'Can't I sing? Can't I be a singer because I'm colored?'" Nobody was more entitled to that musical success, proclaims the meticulously researched new biography Marian Anderson: A Singer's Journey (Scribner), by Brandeis professor of music Allan Keiler. By 10 years old, Anderson was already known locally as "the baby contralto." But it would take an uphill fight, time spent in Europe, even the intercession of Eleanor Roosevelt, for her to triumph over discrimination in the U.S. It was only...
...World Economic Forum in Switzerland Monday morning, Bill Gates and Steve Case, America's two most powerful technocrats, had the ears of the world's economic policy makers. While Case took the time - again - to sing the praises of his merger with Time Warner (parent company of Time Daily) and the synergies it will allow, Gates touted the virtues of the one-product company. Pressed on rumors of a Microsoft merger with media content firms such as Viacom, Gates said Microsoft will stick to software design. Industry analysts see the announcement as a preemptive strike against Microsoft's possible breakup...
...HAVE BEEN WARNED Remember those Rocky Horror Picture Show sing-alongs, where folks went to the movie dressed up as Brad and Janet? Starting its tour in Britain this week, and planning to hit American shores shortly after, is the Sound of Music Sing-a-Long-a, where moviegoers arrive in nun outfits, in lederhosen or as the whole family Von Trapp. Singing along (the songs are subtitled) is encouraged. Dancing, booing Nazis and whistling are optional. Foam nuns are available in the lobby...
...Gore was quick on his feet at the Kennedy sing-along after Chris Matthews, host of CNBC's Hardball, asked him why he keeps caning Democratic opponent Bill Bradley like a redhaired stepchild. In responding, Gore playfully kept plugging the name of Matthews' show, to which Matthews replied, "I'm falling in love with...