Word: blinds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tandy, 77, Violinist Yehudi Menuhin, 70, and Choreographer Antony Tudor, 78. A galvanizing high point of the gala (which will be shown on cbs next week) came with the singing of America, the Beautiful by the choir of Charles' alma mater, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, joined by Stevie Wonder. Charles was "tremendously touched" by the moment and thrilled by the whole event. "Never, ever, in my career have I gone someplace where people purposely, directly entertained me," he said with some awe. Ball was especially moved by tender remembrances of her late former husband...
...dean said that publicity from the 350th anniversary celebration may have been part of the reason for the sizable increase in applications,. but he said that number of applicants has been increasing for five years. He cited Harvard's need-blind admissions program, the diversity of the student body and broad recruiting program as factors which contribute to the growing applicant pool...
...strange light was affecting my trek across Anaheim to my hotel room, leading me down blind alleys as I made my desperate bid across the industrial wasteland. After an hour, I had lost sight of the stadium and the Castle...
...rotten money. Both of boxing's big camps -- those who like despising it and those who dislike loving it -- are unsurprised whenever Roberto Duran or George Foreman comes back again. But they wonder how a bright person as prosperous as Sugar Ray Leonard (Ray Charles Leonard, namesake of a blind man) could return from retirement and retina surgery to fight Marvin Hagler at any price. "Ray doesn't spend in a year what his investments earn in a year," says Leonard's attorney, Mike Trainer. "It isn't money. Boxing is what gets him up in the morning...
...settling for a time in Tacoma, where he went to high school. His father could handle a little guitar ("Three chords and a few blues licks," his son says. "Nothing to be scared of") and played lots of gospel tapes at home. The sweet, lofting sounds of the Five Blind Boys and the Dixie Hummingbirds complemented services every Sunday at the local Baptist church. Even so, Cray considered becoming an architect -- a desire that survived only three courses in mechanical drawing and one encounter with an old Muddy Waters record. Enter the blues. "It's so beautiful, the guys really...