Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MAKING THEIR MARK: WOMEN ARTISTS MOVE INTO THE MAINSTREAM 1970-85, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. These 87 artists have made their mark, but doesn't categorizing them in such a show only perpetuate their separateness? Through...
...last time the visiting team won the Harvard-Penn clash, Jimmy Carter was President. In 1980, the Crimson invaded Philadelphia and escaped with a 28-17 victory. Since then, it has been home rule...
...Philadelphia must depend on sharp-shooter Hersey Hawkins and mouth-shooter Charles Barkley for its playoff hopes to be realized. For Washington, only Jeff Malone deserves mention in any worthwhile publication. And New Jersey, well, minus Buck Williams and with problem-children Sam Bowie and Joe Barry Carroll, Coach Bill Fitch will probably be hoping by January that he was back coaching in the Garden. Here's hoping Mookie Blaylock can keep the fans laughing in the Meadowlands, and not because of his play...
Waldeck was raised in Philadelphia in a family that liked to have music playing. Nicknamed "Tinker," he started with the drums ("I was pounding out rhythms before I could sit up") and learned guitar at 14. His father was a handyman and, in Waldeck's view, a true environmentalist. A handyman is the ultimate recycler, he says, who knows how to fix things rather than throw them away...
When Oliver and Waldeck are not on the road together, they split up. Oliver now lives in Austin, and Waldeck's home is still Philadelphia, where he moonlights with a local folk-rock rhythm-and-blues band called the Roosters. Oliver spends many nights playing with Austin's Otter Space Band and many days presenting environment programs in Texas secondary and elementary schools. "We want to pass on our ideas to youngsters," he says. He also composes public-service jingles for cities and towns. One water-conservation message was titled "Please Don't Leave the Water Running When You Wash...