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(08/03/04 9:00am)
Casey Cramer '04 did Saturday what every kid who ever tries to throw a perfect spiral or strap on a pair of Pop Warner shoulder pads dreams of when he signed on the dotted line with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
(07/22/04 9:00am)
The familiar placid atmosphere on the Green, conducive to studying and Frisbee, was interrupted yesterday by crashing symbols, loud singing and a multi-colored school bus, as the famous Bread and Puppet Theater company came roaring into Hanover.
(07/13/04 9:00am)
Decathlete Mustafa Abdur-Rahim '04 and javelin thrower Sean Furey '04 have known for a while that they will be competing in the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials. And for a while, it was just another meet in their minds. But that all changed when they turned on the television last Friday and watched the first night of competition.
(07/08/04 9:00am)
If a presidential candidate's process of selecting a vice presidential candidate begets more speculation than anything else in politics, then the actual choice comes in a close second.
(07/01/04 9:00am)
While the national mourning for President Ronald Reagan has been characterized by an outpouring of admiration and respect rarely seen in American political history, Reagan's legacy is still tarnished for some Americans by his apparent inaction during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s.
(06/24/04 9:00am)
Much of the success of last year's critical darling "Lost in Translation" hinged on a great American comic actor playing the role of a man completely lost in a strange world he doesn't understand and playing that role with just the right mixture of pathos and silliness. That description fits "The Terminal" equally well, with Tom Hanks in the pivotal role instead of Bill Murray. But instead of setting the story in an "exotic" land like Tokyo, Japan, director Steven Spielberg and company have put American audiences on the other side of the two-way mirror and spin their yarn against the backdrop of JFK International Airport.
(05/10/04 9:00am)
PARIS May 5 -- In 1977, the soon-to-be-legendary quartet Talking Heads appeared at Le Bataclan opening for The Ramones on their first European tour. That night, a gawky, awkward man-child with his black hair parted to one side, strained his upper register while singing, "Mommy, Daddy, come and look at me now/I'm a big man in a great big town."
(03/02/04 11:00am)
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(03/01/04 11:00am)
Over the span of his 50-plus years as a playwright, Arthur Miller has never been one to shy away from the issues of the day. After he came to White River Junction, Vt., Sunday for the reading of the work-in-progress "Resurrection Blues," it doesn't appear that time has mellowed him.
(02/23/04 11:00am)
Legendary playwright Arthur Miller will be appearing at the Briggs Opera House in White River Junction, Vt. on Sunday, Feb. 29 at 3 p.m.
(01/27/04 11:00am)
In a political world where it's hard to say where anybody stands on anything, one can always count on pundits Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala to tell people -- and each other -- exactly what they think. Every weekday on CNN's "Crossfire," the two come bounding from their left and right corners and duke it out on the top issues of the day. After broadcasting from the Top of the Hop Monday, they spoke to The Dartmouth.
(01/26/04 11:00am)
Most senior members of a successful organization are known to their bosses by titles like "executive vice president," "assistant general manager" or "deputy to the chairman." Max Weinberg's boss, "The Boss," calls him by the name of "Minister of the Big Beat and Star of Late Night Telly-vision, The Mighty, Mighty Max Weinberg!" Of course, when he's not on the road with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, he has another boss: late night television host Conan O'Brien.
(01/23/04 11:00am)
After being lampooned on late-night television for his caucus night speech to Iowa supporters, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean decided to take the matter into his own hands.
(01/19/04 11:00am)
If the battle for the New Hampshire primary comes down to women voters, as some analysts say, Sen. John Kerry brought two big guns into Hanover Saturday: former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen and legendary singer-songwriter Carole King.
(01/15/04 11:00am)
He hasn't been on any magazine's Top 100 Guitarists, but for decades, his guitar has been ever-present in rock and pop music. Playing with everyone from Marianne Faithfull to Norah Jones, Frisell has added his own personal touch to many great records. He is also a bona fide solo artist. After graduating from the Berklee College of Music, he traveled to Europe, where his focus shifted to his own composition. Since then, he has explored innumerable genres of music throughout his career. Frisell will be foraying into jazz Friday night when his Bill Frisell Trio shares the bill with the Brad Mehldau Trio at the Hopkins Center.
(01/13/04 11:00am)
New York radio institution John A. Gambling '51 died Jan. 8, of a heart attack in Bon Secours Hospital in Venice, Fla. He was 73 years old.
(01/06/04 11:00am)
Ever since its initial release in 1970, "Let It Be" has been something of a bastard stepchild in the context of the rest of the Beatles catalogue. In spite of being made up of some of The Beatles' best songs like the title track and "Across the Universe," its broken origins and abandonment by its creators made it illegitimate in the minds of many critics and fans.
(11/24/03 11:00am)
If the most a songwriter can hope to do with his art is to create something that resonates with the listener, then Chris Bradley '92 is one of the most successful songwriters in New England today.
(11/14/03 11:00am)
When "That Was a Crazy Game of Poker" became an underground hit for O.A.R., some called the band an overnight success. But after talking to the band's bassist Benj Gershman, one would find nothing could be further from the truth.
(10/28/03 11:00am)
In the jungle of television, Lewis Black is the closest thing to "a voice crying in the wilderness." Every week during his popular "Back in Black" segment on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," he rants about whatever outrageous news items he can find.