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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drums and bass lines are exactly the same as those in Jamaica," says UB40 vocalist-trumpeter Astro. "But our melody lines are different. They're influenced by English pop and Motown." Adds Campbell, who also provides vocals: "From the time we were kids together, we all only really listened to reggae. I hardly listened to anything else, apart from Motown, Stax, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding -- and Jackie Wilson. He was my favorite." All the members of UB40 have known one another since their shared childhoods in Balsall Heath, a predominantly black neighborhood near the center of Birmingham...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Reggae's Bulgarian Acrobats UB40 eases onto the chart tops with an old hit | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...weeks before graduation, the bare spots of the Yard are covered with $15,000 worth of a goopy green compound which looks like astro--turf ore waiting to be refined. According to Administrative Director of Operations Thomas E. Vautin, who assists in the organization, the compound is actually hydroseed--a mixture of grass seed, fertilizer, and pesticide. Though seeding is sufficient for most of the Yard and the houses, much-traveled spots like the lawn in front of Lamont Library require sod, which is more expensive, Vautin says...

Author: By Ryan W. Chew, | Title: The Grass Is Always Greener At Commencement | 6/7/1988 | See Source »

...season because of an injury. Had Clark remained healthy, the new Yankee would have had a shot at the major league record of 170 walks, which Babe Ruth set in 1923. Clark definitely would have broken the National League mark of 148, which is shared by a former Houston Astro and a former Brooklyn Dodger. Take three points for each sharp-eyed hitter you can name. Six points...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: 1988 Sports Cube Baseball Quiz | 4/12/1988 | See Source »

...Dodger Eddie Stanky in 1945 and Astro Jimmy Wynn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Answers to the Crimson Baseball Quiz | 4/12/1988 | See Source »

...Boston College lacrosse team showed up to play the Harvard squad wearing Astro Turf shoes rather than cleats...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Another Face in the Crowd | 3/24/1988 | See Source »

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