Boston Symphony Celebrates 9th Grammy Award

Boston Symphony Celebrates 9th Grammy Award

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its ninth Grammy Award.

The acclaimed orchestra now under the direction of Andris Nelsons won for best orchestral performance for its rendition of "Shostakovich Under Stalin's Shadow: Symphonies Nos. 5, 8, and 9."

Book Review: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
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Book Review: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant

Robert Bradley

American Ulysses:  A Life of Ulysses S. Grant
Ronald C. White
Random House
October 2016

In Ronald C. White's  magisterial biography of Ulysses S. Grant, he quotes the following from President Grant's first inaugural address  on March 4, 1869:  "All laws will be faithfully executed, whether they meet my approval or not." What words could be more applicable to our times?

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