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...February 2, 1959, Holly and his tourmates were on the eleventh night of their Winter Dance Party tour through the snow-covered Midwest. It was a Monday - a school night - but 1,100 teenagers crammed into Clear Lake, Iowa's Surf Ballroom for two sold out shows. They wore blue jeans and saddle shoes and screamed for 17-year-old Richie Valens, whose single "Donna" was about to go gold. Between sets, Holly solicited people to join him on the charter airplane he'd hired to fly to the next show in Moorhead, Minnesota. The musicians had been traveling...
...mandate but allow for the possibility that it may last months rather than an entire year. A vote on the agreement is due on Monday, but more disruptions are likely. Al-Sadr has called for a massive anti-SOFA rally in Baghdad on Friday. Maliki will likely launch an eleventh-hour media blitz to try to convince Iraqis that the agreement is the only way forward. It's a good bet Iraqis will remain glued to their TV screens...
...Eleventh-hour executive changes are not unique to this outgoing Administration - President Bill Clinton launched a number himself before leaving office, though many of his were designed to strengthen environmental regulations. Of the new changes, White House spokesman Tony Fratto says, "We're implementing regulations and we're trying to do them in the best way that protects the interest of the nation." But greens, who distrust virtually everything that comes out of this White House - which they consider one of the least environmentally friendly ever - feel differently. "If you thought the first 100 days of the Bush Administration were...
...same anxiety powers CBS's new science-driven cop show Eleventh Hour, in which a government biophysicist (Rufus Sewell) investigates cases of bioscience run amok. In the pilot, a wealthy man coerces a needy woman to risk her life by bearing a clone of his dead son. On FX, buddy comedy Testees, about down-and-out dudes who sell their bodies for experiments, plays the same discomfort for gross-out laughs. (One gets a treatment that apparently leaves him pregnant--and lactating...
...aspirations may be indeed a reasonable expectation this season.DANMARK TROPHYPart of the co-ed sailing team ran into turbulent conditions this weekend in New London, CT, site of the Danmark Trophy. Sailing against strong winds and extremely shifty conditions, sophomore skipper John Stokes and junior Michelle Konstadt finished in eleventh place in Division A. Sophomore skippers Teddy Himler and Alan Palmer, along with classmate crew Quincy Bock, earned a respectable fifth place in Division B, thanks to top-five finishes in the last three races. Stokes and Konstadt started out strong, but in the end, the weather and fierce competition...