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...band became an act; the rising excitement waned, and the crowd simply gave up and looked on. Later, the group started many other of its pieces well--particularly "The Days of Wine and Roses"--but could never finish one strongly, without breaking off Such laxness stretched the finale to fifteen minutes, brought the average song's length to 8-9 minutes and finally started to drive the fans away...
Mario Lopez, age 16, says he likes the view. "I walk around and look at the chicks. Harvard chicks are great." Fifteen-year-old Luis Laboy adds that he wants to go to Harvard in three years...
According to City Councillor David E. Sullivan, chairman of the council's economic development, manpower, and employment committee over 15,000 jobs will be created over the next fifteen years as a result of the "boom of development" now underway in Cambridge...
...largely symbolic. Says Boston Attorney F. Lee Bailey: "Violent criminal defendants are generally penniless. You seldom collect." There are exceptions. Some infamous criminals have earned nest eggs by writing, or selling the rights to, their stories. Happily, it is becoming harder for these criminals to profit from their misdeeds. Fifteen states, including New Jersey last week, have adopted so-called Son of Sam laws, named for Multiple Murderer David Berkowitz, which lock up proceeds from books and other ventures to satisfy claims by victims or their survivors. One such moneyed killer is Jack Henry Abbott, author of the prison memoir...
...Short Shelf of Tall Tales Fifteen volumes appeal to the senses of humor and wonder