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...relies on the simple, minimalistic beauty of her melodies, need with such dense trendy musicians like Adrian Belew (who has worked with the Talking Heads ) and Nile Rodgers (who has worked with David Bowie)? And way is an overblown, self-conscious "artist" like Peter Gabriel collaborating and singing backup vocals on some of the songs...

Author: By Marek D. Waldorf, | Title: Hitting A New Note | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

...stood between Harvard and an even larger margin of victory was Crimson Coach John Dooley. Dooley relied on his seldom-used reserves for most of the contest and didn't play his first line after the first two periods. He yanked starting netminder Cheryl Tate after a period for backup Tracy Kimmel...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Icewomen Rout Hapless Huskies, 13-2 | 2/3/1984 | See Source »

Early on, it was decided to forgo an emergency furnace, and some Massachusetts legislators question the wisdom of that decision. (A similar 20-story office in Toronto has taken the timid approach, with a steam-heat backup.) But Site Architect Spiros Pantazi brushes off all fears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Keeping Warm, Boston Style | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...navigational and guidance systems, as well as general housekeeping duties, "crashed," or shut down. To the relief of Houston controllers, the No. 2 computer promptly took over. Indeed, under NASA's suspenders-and-belt philosophy, the orbiter is equipped with four electronically linked computers, plus an independently operating backup. Any one of these machines can take charge of the shuttle. About four minutes later, however, after the thrusters fired again to slow the ship, the second computer also stopped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Those Balky Computers Again | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

Tate was then pulled for backup Tracy Kimmell at 13:08 and just over a minute later a full-line rush gave the Big Red a small piece of satisfaction. For the first time in her career. Kimmel was beaten...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Icewomen Corner Cornell; It's Tate Over Gilbert, 5-1 | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

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