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...American benefit LP would be complete without an overblown, melodramatic ballad. The idea of Whitney Houston singing "Do You Hear What I Hear" is initially promising, a pure pop voice made to sing simple ballads. This production is more like "We Are the World: The Sequel," with choir-like backup vocals and a very similar melody. There's the same slow beginning and spare verses building to an overpowering climax of Whitney, backup singers, and treacly violins all at once...
Francis was in goal for 19 minutes (real-time, not clock-time) before he succumbed to the fierce Olympic offensive attack and allowed his first goal. His performance had to be inspirational to a team with no experienced backup netminder...
...Iranians have twice received a taste of American sea power. On Sept. 21, U.S. helicopter gunships opened fire on an Iranian navy ship, the Iran Ajr, when it was caught laying mines; five Iranians were killed. Two weeks ago an unarmed U.S. helicopter was fired upon from Iranian speedboats. Backup helicopters responded, sinking one speedboat and disabling two others; at least two, and perhaps more, Iranian Revolutionary Guards died in the assault...
Even the tight ends, usually quieter figures in Harvard's Multiflex offense, got into the action. Kent Lucas caught three passes for 76 yards and a touchdown. Backup Don Gajewski caught four for 72 yards...
...keeps running Keith Richards, the concert's music director, through the opening guitar slur for Carol. And yet at the end of their concert -- which features guest shots by Linda Ronstadt, Eric Clapton, Etta James, Robert Cray and Julian Lennon -- Richards can feel satisfied that he provided a fine backup band for his loner-hero...