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...pith helmets and cigars to put the scene back 20 years, when paternal Europeans were prodding their adopted African children into the mummifying swathes of apron strings. But the apron strings have rotted in the heat and humidity. The people in the government come from Lycee Nacionale and St. Cyr no longer, but from villages like the one across the bridge...
...fans in Hamilton haven't had an awful lot to cheer about, except perhaps Colgate's first line, which is comprised of a freshman, sophomore and a junior. They call it the ICBM Line. The "C" stands for Cyr, Joey, the freshman right winger. The "B" is for Barnett, John, the sophomore center, and finally the "M" is the first letter of Mirabelli, Rick, the junior left winger...
This may sound like Sesame Street or something, but the line poses a very real threat to the opposition defense, as it has accounted for over half the total goal production of coach Braden Houston's three lines. Cyr is the leading goal scorer with 17 and 6 assists, while Barnett has tallied 13 times with 24 assists and Mirabelli has 9 goals, 20 assists...
Ramanantsoa, 62, a graduate of St.-Cyr, the French military academy, was obviously a popular choice. Before a cheering crowd in Tananarive, he promised to improve the lives of the country's peasants. "Among us military men," he declared, "the tradition is that you take care of the privates before you worry about the officers." The new government also announced that it was considering a national referendum to decide whether Tsiranana should be allowed to remain as President...
Roadwork, the latest album by Edgar Winter and his group, White Trash, contains several songs recorded at their Apollo performance. Winter's show had all the trappings of an old time R 'n' B show--plenty of brass (Marshall Cyr and Mike McLellan, trumpets, and Jon Smith and Jerry LaCroix, saxophones), a hard-driving rhythm section borrowed from his brother Johnny's band (Randy Hobbs, bass, and Bobby Ramirez, drums) and guitarist Rick Derringer, also from Johnny's band. The material was presented faithfully and with polish and included Stevie Wonder's "Do Yourself a Favor," the old Rhythm...