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Tito was playing guitar, and Jermaine learned bass-on Tito's guitar at first, there being no money for a real bass. Then came the bass amps and speakers, and there wasn't enough money left to buy any more instruments, so the cousins were enlisted, more for their set of drums and their piano than for their musical talents. Singing songs like the Temptations' I Wish It Would Rain and My Girl, or Smokey Robinson's Going to a Go-Go, they began making tours to Chicago, Arizona, New York and Boston. The family made...
Gill has sung the role of Almaviva in Le Nozze at Leverett House twice in recent years, and met with great success. He also sang the bass part in this spring's production of the Bach Saint Matthew Passion in Sanders Theatre...
...Biting Bass. Water pollution has been handled even more impressively. To cool and treat its steel, the plant needs 150 million gallons of water a day, which is roughly the same amount used daily by all of nearby Houston. To cut that volume, filtration and cooling systems recycle the water for re-use 15 different times. Thus only 10 million new gallons are actually needed each...
...estimated $100 million capital outlay for Texas Works went into pollution controls. To install such complete controls in older plants, the company adds, would be prohibitively expensive. Though local conservationists are pleased, they are waiting to see if full production and long-term activity cause unforeseen problems. Meanwhile, bass fishing is still good in the bayou, and U.S. Steel appears to have demonstrated that industry may no longer be able to say that it can't be done...
Next morning, while Anglin' Sam packed his gear for the jet trip back to civilization, I strolled down to the dock to take a few practice casts. On the first toss a bass picked off my Rapala CD-115 in midair. The largemouth weighed just under 5 Ibs., my biggest take of the weekend. I kept casting, oblivious to pleadings that we had to go. "Just one more cast," I said. "Just one more...