Word: buffalo
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...introduced by Senator Jim Eastland and received a standing ovation. Twelve years after the event, Ben Williams, also of Yazoo City, the first black football player at Ole Miss, was elected Colonel Rebel by the student body, the highest honor for a male student. (He is now with the Buffalo Bills.) More recently, Mississippi's Leontyne Price was named honorary alumna, and for weeks an exhibit depicting her life was displayed in the library. John Slaughter, the black physicist, was the commencement speaker last spring...
...writing a song. "Someday, Someway", that had the critics raving about "the new Buddy Holly." By itself, that little jewel salvaged a mediocre Robert Gordon album. Now, Crenshaw has released his own 33 and all hell has broken loose among those in the know. References to the Byrds. Buffalo Springfield and (gasp) the Beatles have been made. Quickly, the bandwagon has become crowded. And people are beginning to realize: the kid really is that good...
...tune when big-city newspapers across the country are in trouble (latest fatality: the Cowles-owned Buffalo Courier-Express, which last week was announced as scheduled to close Sept. 19), newspaper executives are inclined to applaud any new venture in the industry. But as Los Angeles Times Publisher Tom Johnson points out, "USA Today's success will be determined by a very tough public and by advertisers looking for the best possible increase in sales." Business Analyst R. Joseph Fuchs of Kidder, Peabody and Co. Inc. rates USA Today's chances as "better than even." John Morton...
...John Henning. Since we've hired him, its time for you to switch to us." Clearly, the viewers weren't convinced. They didn't flock to channel 7 either a few months, when it lured two attractive young anchors, Brad Holbrook and Susan Brady, from Nevada and Buffalo respectively...
Such feelings of anticipation scent the air here at the Chautauqua Institution. This extraordinary cultural encampment, now part arts festival and part religious and philosophical retreat, has convened every summer since 1874 on the shaded shores of Lake Chautauqua, 60 miles southwest of Buffalo in western New York State. Some 6,000 lovers of fresh air and philharmony gather here for classes, lectures and performances in the arts, sciences and humanities. But music is the big draw. Three full orchestras are in residence: the Chautauqua Symphony, composed of professionals and conducted by Varujan Kojian; a youth orchestra conducted by Anthony...