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...Mamas and the Papas are two beards, a beauty and a Big Bertha. After knocking around the fringes of folk music separately for a few lean years, they joined forces in 1965 and made their first single, California Dreamin'. It went straight to the top of the best-seller charts, as did their next release, Monday, Monday. Papa John Phillips, 25, an Annapolis dropout, is the group's songsmith, and what his lyrics lack in depth his melodies make up in lilting appeal. Phillips' wife Michelle, a willowy ex-model, is the spiraling soprano; Denny Doherty, 24, sings a secure...
...night in Providence. Harvard always seems to play well at the Pizzatola Center, the sad little arena on the north side of the Brown campus that plays host to a Bears squad that has lost its last two games and nine of its last 11. Harvard has won two straight at Brown, and last year, Goffredo scored 30 points in a ringing road defeat of the Bears early in the league season, back when there was still authentic hope that it was finally Harvard’s year. Harvard by six, as Goffredo gets out of his personal shooting...
...Institute,” said Jacquelyn D. Hall, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina, “and that year I was president of the Organization of American Historians and I ran into some potentially very difficult problems.” Hall says she went straight to Faust’s office. The two talked out Hall’s problem, Faust advising along the way. “She laid out a plan of action,” Hall says...
...Turin, Italy. Then it’s on to the week-long IIHF World Championship in the Winnipeg area, where the Americans hope to defend their first-ever world title, earned when they outlasted Canada in a shootout in 2005. Before that, the Stars and Stripes had claimed eight straight silvers at worlds. “I want to remind you of an often overlooked fact—we’re the defending world champions,” said Dave Ogrean, the executive director of USA Hockey, on yesterday’s call. “While...
...Nittany Lions Athletic Department, Walsh will become the third coach in the eleven-year history of the Penn State women’s soccer. The U-17 national head coach and Huntington Valley, Pa. native returns home to lead a Nittany Lion squad, which has won nine straight Big Ten titles and, just last year, advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals after compiling an 18-5-3 season under former coach Paula Wilkins. Wilkins, head coach since 2001, announced her resignation just two weeks ago upon accepting the leading position at Wisconsin. As a result, the turnover time for both Penn...