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Like a million other hippies, Raffi strummed ballads by Dylan, Guthrie and Seeger, plus a few that he had written, in local coffeehouses. His wife Debi Pike taught kindergarten. For a while, the going was tough -- until Raffi found a way to merge what they both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Clapping Hands: RAFFI | 10/7/1991 | See Source »

...centers, and Blowin' in the Wind was replaced by songs such as Five Little Ducks. Childless himself, he had no idea how to woo his audience. "I thought you were supposed to attract their attention," he says, screwing his thumbs into his ears. "Hey, kid, watch this!" But with Debi's help, he made a discovery. "I realized you don't have to impress children," he said. "They make up their minds very quickly whether they like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No More Clapping Hands: RAFFI | 10/7/1991 | See Source »

...world of American competitive figure skating, the decision to attend college was a decision that really only Wylie and women's Olympic medalist Debi Thomas--who is an under-graduate at Stanford--have made...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: Twirling Between Harvard and Olympic Skating | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

...Debi Lane's nightmare began last November with a routine thyroid test. When she returned for the results the next day, doctors at the Desert Samaritan Hospital in Mesa, Ariz., had chilling news. "There's been a terrible mistake," they told the 41-year-old mother of four. "Basically, we've killed your thyroid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arizona: A Terrible Mistake | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

...songs. Like Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective, which also knew how potent cheap music is, Davies' film is laced with dozens of postwar tunes to counterpoint or underline the narrative. In the pub where everyone stops by "just to wet the baby's head," Eileen's pal Micky (Debi Jones) sings an effervescent Buttons and Bows, and Eileen pours her own seething frustration into a passionate rendition of I Wanna Be Around to Pick Up the Pieces. The musky wisp of Ella Fitzgerald's Taking a Chance on Love helps explain the mother's fatalistic refusal to leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Family Ties | 8/14/1989 | See Source »

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