Word: checkers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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CHRIS KANE (defense)--Chris was named "Defenseman of the Year" to cap his All-Ivy, All-American 1977 season. A tenacious checker, Kane depends on his quickness to smother attackmen as soon as they get the ball. A member of the U.S. National Team, Kane went to high school with Scott Pink in Port Washington, N.Y. He leads the best defense in the country...
...Chicago opening of a musical based on Working, Author Studs Terkel's 1974 bestseller. Directed by Composer Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, God spell), the play is a working man's Chorus Line telling, in separate episodes, the stories of such characters as a steelworker, a supermarket checker, a teacher, a switchboard operator and a parking-lot attendant. The cast exuberantly hauls around ladders, scaffolds and dollies to tunes written for the show by James Taylor and others. The message? Says Terkel, whose book was based on 135 taped interviews: "Working people are brighter than we think. Their jobs...
...Checker assures you, "Sure, ma'am, we'll have someone right over...
...merits of the pollution-cutting catalytic converter and the recently abandoned rotary engine, and supported development of the air-bag safety system. His motto at the corporation was "Kick the hell out of the status quo." Cole retired from GM in 1974 and had taken over Checker Motors, intending to produce a more efficient taxi. "Once you have it in your blood," he often said, "you're always looking for solutions to problems...
...Harvard junior varsity hockey team defeated the visiting UMass Minuteman 6-3 last night in a game that featured more twists than a Chubby Checker dance routine. The contest was more than a game--it was an experience...