Marilyn Bergman: One of the Most Successful Songwriters in History
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Frank Sinatra typically did not like to have songwriters attend recording sessions. But, on April 13, 1960, he made an exception for lyricists Marilyn and Alan Bergman. The two were allowed to sit in the control room of Studio A at Capital Records in Hollywood for the cutting of Nice ‘N’ Easy, a song the Bergmans had […]
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Understanding the Greek Roots of the Olympic Games
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“The most important thing in life is not the triumph, but the fight; the essential thing is not to have won, but to have fought well.” Those are the famous words of the father of modern Olympic Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. It was the Baron who spearheaded the 1896 return to the ancient games: they […]
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Positive Expectations Can Improve the Quality of Your Aging
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Are you getting older and getting tired of it? Do you look back fondly on the days when you didn’t know the name of a urologist? Or, when you considered an afternoon nap a waste of time? How about when bedtime was right after Johnny Carson’s monologue? And all the gradual issues of forgetfulness and […]
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The Rise, the Fall and the Rise of Peter Bogdanovich
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In 1974, Peter Bogdanovich had a firm grasp on Hollywood’s brass ring. He had three commercially and critically successful films under his belt: The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, and What’s Up, Doc? Picture Show was instantly recognized as a contemporary classic. It received eight Academy Award nominations and was hailed by some as the finest American movie since Citizen […]
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Struggling to Keep Schools Open during Omicron
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For school children in the United States, 2022 is starting to feel like old times. That is, times when the pandemic closed schools and remote learning became the norm. There is one wrinkle of difference today: the public, academic officials, and healthcare experts are largely in agreement that schools should be kept open in the face of Covid-19 challenges. […]
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