Word: clarks
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...Clark Gable's naked pecs might have started it. In a racy scene with Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night, Gable unbuttons his shirt to reveal--to the shock of 1934 audiences--a bare chest. No undershirt. Legend has it that undershirt sales dropped 75% that year. While never verified, the tale lives on because Hollywood loves it. If Gable's chest can have that kind of mass cultural impact, the thinking goes, then movies, far from being just passive entertainments, can influence audiences to change their behavior in more significant ways. If a movie can doom undershirts...
Brit Pop is still going strong, but to many, its heyday was the '60s--not just because of the Beatles but also because of stars like Mike Smith, the telegenic lead singer of the Dave Clark Five. The charismatic original British invader co-wrote some of the Five's biggest hits (Bits and Pieces; Glad All Over) and helped the group earn 12 appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show, more than any other British act. Paralyzed in a 2003 accident, Smith died of complications from a chest infection...
...story of Australia's settlement has as its refrain the taming of what celebrated historian Manning Clark called "that rude and barbarous land." The first settlers found themselves in an alien world, and for the convicts among them, the land's harshness must have seemed part of their punishment. The nation's self-image was shaped by those colonists' experiences of hardship, hunger, hostile natives, droughts and floods - their sense, from the outset, of being profoundly at odds with the land they had to call their home...
...manager of the Monday Jazz Band. “His dedication is remarkable.” In addition to sharing his own musical knowledge, Everett has brought many eminent jazz musicians to Harvard, including trombonist Slide Hampton, saxophonist Joe Henderson, pianist Bill Evans, and trumpeter Clark Terry. “We can read, listen, and even play music, but nothing is more insightful than meeting with and hearing these jazz greats in person,” Everett said. But Everett said he still sees more to be done. “There is much room for growth. More students should...
Kellar Autumn, who leads the Lewis and Clark lab responsible for earlier gecko discoveries, said he is excited about Karp and Langer’s findings...