Word: henley
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...After all, they let rowing teams go to Henley," Bukata said. "I think the hope is that next year, they'll reconsider...
Harvard advanced to the finals of the Ladies' Plate in Henley, England, before succumbing to Nottinghamshire County July 2 by two-thirds of a length. Nottinghamshire's time of 6:11 set a Ladies' Plate record, breaking the old record established the day before by the Crimson in its semifinal win over Penn...
...lights also set a Henley record, establishing a new standard for the Thames Cup in its second-round win, but they were upset by Williams College in the following round...
...reputation grew from a beginning that was so typically modest it could almost be mythic. The only child of an auto-parts salesman-farmer and an elementary school teacher in Linden, Texas ("Drive 20 miles to The Crossroads or, in the other direction, to Uncertain") -- Henley had a bedrock upbringing that permitted his musical excursions but gave him something to kick out against. When success with the Eagles hit fast and hard, he lived his share of the Los Angeles high life and paid a big price. In 1980 he found himself pickled in the press when he was given...
...that kind of dirt were dollars, Henley would be flush enough. These days he lives in Los Angeles and travels to his small spread outside Aspen, Colo. ("my ranchette"). He also devotes time to social issues like the Southern Poverty Law Center, as well as a variety of environmental groups. But what he can always take to the bank is his gift for songwriting, which keeps growing. Talking about the legacy of the Eagles, he says, "The Eagles were another link in the chain, a logical extension of what came before. But I don't think the '70s will ever...