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Dates: during 1970-1979
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OVER THE LAST TWO DECADES the popularity of reggae music has expanded beyond the borders of politically torn Jamaica. Even at Harvard, nearly 20,000 persons turned out for a benefit concert highlighting Bob Marley and the Wailers at Soldiers Field stadium last summer. A new album released this month by Marley, the prince of reggae, shows why the music has become so popular. Marley's voice has never been stronger, his message more poignant or his instrumentation more subtle and complex...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Reggae Revolution | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

...group, the "I Threes," has improved and the percussion hammers with greater variety. Marley relies often on the harmonica, using it in original ways. Junior Marvin dazzles on lead guitar, interpreting fine intricate melodies though other instrumentation often buries his talent. (Marvin brought the crowd to its feet last summer with his acid-rock, Hendrix-style riffs; when Marley came out, Marvin toned down...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Reggae Revolution | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

After a long summer's wait for Cambridge aquatic buffs and for the athletes themselves, the beginning of the 1979-80 Harvard swimming season is finally upon...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Swimmers Ready for Season's Challenges | 11/20/1979 | See Source »

Shot in Czechoslovakia last summer, this three-hour film is remarkably exact in mood, feeling and physical trappings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Class of 1916 | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

...came from a family of decayed gentry whose life centered on a summer home in Newburyport, Mass. His father was a charming scapegrace, only occasionally employed. When Marquand entered Harvard in 1911, it was on a scholarship, although he was an indifferent scholar. He was a public high school boy, ignored by the "St. Grottlesex" preppies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Archaeology of The Well Born | 11/19/1979 | See Source »

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