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During the Beatles' grand conquest of America in 1964, when their initial appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show drew an astonishing 73 million viewers and made them an overnight phenomenon, Harrison spent his days holed up in the Plaza Hotel with a high fever while the fab other three paraded around town, wowing the world's press with their vitality and wit. Then it was on to Washington for a concert at the Coliseum before more than 7,000 screaming fans. "It was bloody awful," Harrison told biographer Geoffrey Giuliano. "Some journalist had apparently dug up an old quote...
SPRAY IT AWAY Do you get hay fever? Join the club. Some 36 million Americans suffer from seasonal allergies--and usually end up dosing themselves with antihistamines. But there may be a better way. In a head-to-head study, nasal sprays containing steroids were more effective than prescription antihistamines in controlling sneezing, runny nose and watery eyes. They cost less too. Caution: steroids may have side effects, such as dry nose, nasal bleeding and, with long-term use, thinning bones...
...football?" asked his sidekick, JT. The two of them followed the thing into my office, where I uncrated it. It was a VCR-size video-game console, black with a dollop of mint jelly. I attached it to my TV. My friends elbowed me aside and booted up NFL Fever...
...even this year, as Harvard cruised to a 7-0 record before its showdown with Penn, I was hesitant to catch the Crimson fever...
...even this year, as Harvard cruised to a 7-0 record before its showdown with Penn, I was hesitant tocatch the Crimson fever. Yes, Neil Rose and Carl Morris seemed to share an almost magical connection on the field. Yes, Dante, Laborsky & Co. could throttle any offense and stop any team’s running game. And yes, for once, Anders Blewitt wasn’t blowing it for us at the end of every game. But when you’ve been disappointed as many times as I have been, you’ll find yourself doubting each success...