Word: cochrane
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...FIRST SIDE of Then and Now is apparently "Now." It includes a pretty version of Townes Van Zandt's "If I Needed You," a fairly conventional love song that Doc and Merle's performance and a restrained string arrangement by Chuck Cochran turn from maudlin into lively. The Watsons are equally successful with Tom Paxton's "Bottle of Wine." Merle's instrumental arrangement "Bonaparte's Retreat" shows off not only the precision of his and his father's guitar playing, but also the unusually expressive fiddling of Vassar Clements. Clements demonstrates that a fiddle can make you feel things besides...
...first slalom of the series at Mission Ridge on March 31, Carter was fifth in an 80-man field on his second run, but because of mistakes on his first run, could only manage 11th overall. Bobby Cochran of the U.S. Olympic team and the University of Vermont, who had reached the peak of his form a couple of weeks before with a World Cup victory in the Giant Slalom at Heavenly Valley, Calif., was skiing hotter than a two-dollar pistol and left the rest of the racers more than a second and a half behind...
...next day, April Fools', left only Cochran laughing as the rest of the field scrapped for second place at the Snoqualmie, Wash. slalom. Starting about 50th, Steele slashed through the deep ruts left in the soft western snow and placed sixth on his second run, but like Carter had a disappointing first run and placed 12th overall...
...weeks from now they will return--after 7000 miles and five slaloms against the best racers in the country in the USSA Western Spring series. As Steele and Carter race against the likes of Bobby Cochran and several just-off-the-World Cup-circuit Europeans at Snoqualmie, Washington, Mt. Hood and Mammoth Mountain, they will likely remember the Harvard Athletic Department fondly, for the men at 60 Boylston St. found enough cash out of special funds to pay for the skiers' air fare...
Named to the NCAA All-American Alpine Skiing first team were Chris Brown and Bobby Cochran of Vermont, Peik Cristensen of Denver, Greg Jones of Colorado and Tom McGhie of Utah. Eastern skiers who made honorable mention were Dave Dodge of Vermont and Brian Vorse of St. Lawrence. In the Nordic, Peter Kongsli of Vermont was the only Eastern first team All-American...