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...public record. But snapshots of Mom and Dad enclosed in a heart-shaped frame peer out of every copy of the Summer concert program, surrounded by pictures of Donna's daughter Mimi, 5. Three other Gaines daughters have followed their sister down the show biz path, and they sing back-up vocals for Donna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Gaudy Reign of the Disco Queen | 12/4/1978 | See Source »

...Health Administration. OSHA mandates in lavish detail characteristics that machinery must have rather than simply setting standards for safety on the job and letting companies devise their own ways for meeting them. On construction sites, the agency simultaneously demands that trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles have loud back-up horns and that workers wear hearing protectors to cut down noise levels. Although the agency has widely trumpeted its recent attempts to eliminate some of its sillier rules, many still remain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Rising Risks of Regulation | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...Crimson freshman squad he started at cornerback, accounting for 16 tackles and assisting on seven more. In his sophomore year he played back-up to captain Bill Emper, while accounting for eight tackles, mostly on the special teams...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Steve Potysman | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

Champi was, on the eve of his heroic performance, a back-up quarterback struggling to maintain his second-string status. He had not played in a crucial situation all season...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Where Have All the Young Men Gone? | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

...steady rock beat, but again the lyrics about a delinquent night life are as commercial and inane as the sound itself--a departure from Joel's earlier music. "My Life" and "Zanzibar" also set shallow words to fine music. The former mixes bold, upbeat instrumentals with creative back-up vocals from Chicago's Peter Cetera and Donnie Decus. The latter experiments with some faint Latin rhythm and a few typical Steely Dan cliches, mixing in a fine jazz trumpet solo by Freddie Hubbard. It is the album's best mood piece, and possibly the most creative work on 52nd Street...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: A Spirit Departed | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

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