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...language in the early 1960s ("Little boxes on the hillside, / Little boxes made of ticky tacky"); of kidney disease; in Berkeley. Calif. A self-described "working-class woman" with a Ph.D. in philology and folklore, Reynolds found callings in journalism, socialism and teaching before writing songs for folkie friends Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, who recorded her eloquent ban-the-bomb elegy What Have They Done to the Rain...
...This makes amends for all the games we've lost," Princeton coach Pete Carril said after the game. Of course, the Tiger win insured arch-rival Penn of the title, as the two squads have each won the Ivy crown seven times in the last 15 years. "I wanted Columbia over Penn but how can you blow a game to see another team win?" Carril asked...
What else may biorhythm be applied to? Opportunities are limitless, says Pete Callinicos, a captain in the Denver fire department who runs a biorhythm business on the side. Callinicos says the theory can put compatible policemen in squad cars, determine the patterns of arsonists and maybe even prevent birth defects. Another advantage to biorhythm is that it provides extra income for a swelling number of entrepreneurs. With an investment of about $4,000, says Thommen, anybody can rent a bit of computer time and sell 30? charts for $10. In the rush for profits, laments Thommen, some...
...since Pete Rademacher stepped into a ring with Floyd Patterson in 1957 has a heavyweight fought for the title with as little experience as Leon Spinks. Rademacher commuted to the canvas seven times that night, then left in search of an ice pack. Spinks left with the heavyweight crown and the sort of slum-to-stardom story that no savvy scriptwriter would ever dare submit to a director...
Again Cornell seemingly sewed the ballgame up as Pete Call was fouled and sank a free throw to make it 76-73. And again Harvard had a hero left; Bob Allen drove the lane, hoping for a three-point play, and Cornell obliged, fouling him as he sank his lay-up. The fans went wild when Allen sunk the free throw to tie the score with ten seconds remaining...