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William H. Davis Baton Rouge...
...Steinway, but then for a change, they weren't supposed to. Last week Dudley Moore, 48, made his Carnegie Hall debut as a full-dress, classical pianist. Joining his friend, Violinist Robert Mann, 62, Cellist Nathaniel Rosen, 36, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Conductor-Violinist Pinchas Zukerman, 34, Moore offered a sensitive, well-paced performance of Beethoven's Triple Concerto. And he played it straight, until the very end. Then, just before heading offstage for a congratulatory hug from his longtime squeeze, Susan Anton, 32, he reverted to the depths of British music...
...martial-law regime of General Wojciech Jaruzelski, eager to maintain order as it prepared for the visit of Pope John Paul II next month, was ready for trouble. Hundreds of helmeted riot policemen, each carrying a 24-inch white rubber baton filled with lead balls, had sealed off the area. They were supported by dozens of militia trucks, water cannons and armored personnel carriers. "Disperse!" boomed a shrill voice over a bullhorn. Shortly thereafter, the police attacked the crowd. Militiamen struck indiscriminately, beating an old woman with their sticks and kicking a plump man in work pants who had been...
Pennington said he wanted the money to be used to build the "country's biggest and best nutrition and preventive medicine center" near the university's campus at Baton Rouge...
...when Co-Captain Scott Murrer crossed the finish line with the baton in his hand four seconds before the Northeastern anchorman, the Harvard men's track team got the necessary five points it needed to clinch the victory...