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Dartmouth is rumored to have an outstanding crop of freshmen but didn't show much, particularly on the blue line, against the icemen...
...Homestead Records) by Big Black: Guitarist and vocalist Steve Albini grew up in Middle America and now he's out to revenge himself on that particular bit of real estate. Big Black is the most violent, yet also the most listenable group of Homestead's recent post-punk crop. Both the songs--especially "The Ugly American"--and the liner notes show a sense of humor long gone from most rock and roll. This EP certainly beats Bing Crosby fists down: a must for anyone who burns Norman Rockwell paintings in his spare time...
WIDELY CONSIDERED the cream of the T.V. Christmas specials crop, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" is for many a high point of the college year. By all estimates the Grinch ranks within the top ten Christmas Characters. But the Grinch and the residents of Whoville must now be placed on the endangered species list, since advertisers' depredations have reduced the once proud Grinch to a shadow of his former self. Commercials are slowly edging the Grinch...
...latest crop of Crimson freshmen has all the talent of the Eight from '88, but none of the depth...
...chief cause of the current crisis is what Tucker calls "some of the steepest drops in land values ever." In just the past year, farm real estate values plummeted $100 billion partly because large food surpluses and depressed crop prices have made agriculture less attractive. Lower land prices have been devastating to the FCS because most of its loans are real estate mortgages, in which collateral is now greatly eroded...