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...wonderful wantonness. In 1966 he sailed dozens of Lincoln-Mercury dealers to the Virgin Islands, where after a meal on a beach at sunset, an amphibious landing craft thrashed ashore. Out onto the sand popped a brand-new white Cougar driven by Singer Vic Damone, who proceeded to croon...
...hearts of film buffs, Harvard Square and Casablanca are practically synonymous. Harvard students in the '60s used to queue up for hours outside the Brattle Theater to see Dooley Wilson croon for bogie and Ingrid Bergman. Watching movies has always been a favorite activity of college students and Harvard Square and the surrounding area offers ample selection. The high concentration of theaters makes for a lot of selection, and has brought an unexpected side effect. Most of the Square's theaters used to be aggressively low rent, the kind the management keep almost completely dark between shows...
...terror in the outfield and a bed wetter at home. And the hick pitcher (Barry Tubbs) who appears to get height sickness when he climbs the pitcher's mound. And Rocky, the brawny third baseman (Ken Olin), a con man in pinstripes who hankers to croon the national anthem to a salsa beat. And an aging slugger (Bernie Casey) awarded a "previously owned" pimpmobile on his appreciation day. And, of course, the curmudgeonly owner, played by Pat Corley, the scowling coroner from Hill Street, who describes his team as "a bunch of guys who ain't worth squat...
...past, some scholars have pursued the idea that there is a universal "our song": the Ur-song that is said to run through the imagination of every child in the world, an eerie universal croon. Actually, it need not be eerie. For all we know, the Ur-song may turn out to sound like the opening bars of Perry Como doing Hot Diggity. - By Lance Morrow
Next Sunday they will fly from San Diego to Palm Springs to have lunch at the desert estate of former U.S. Ambassador to Britain Walter Annenberg. In San Francisco, they will sip champagne while listening to Tony Bennett (a royal favorite) croon where he left his heart and Mary Martin trill Getting to Know You (which she already does). They will also make a side trip to the Reagan ranch, near Santa Barbara, for barbecue ribs and riding-English-style for the Queen and hopalong Ron, western for Nancy. The Queen and Philip will help the Reagans celebrate their 31st...