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Radio and then television dented the town-band mania starting in the 1930s, but the musical virus had already taken hold in U.S. public schools, and there it still rages, from grade school to college. Frederick Fennell, 85, former director of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, who is regarded by many as the dean of band directors, estimates that there are up to 50,000 school bands in the U.S.--a number that would challenge the nation's athletic teams. And still at the head of the parade marches the Marine Band...
...scared-to-do-that praise from weekend rock climbers and hang gliders who view me as a fellow daredevil. But, mostly, it's as fun to get laughs now as it was when I was cracking wise from the back of the room in fifth grade. I get a surge of pleasure each time I score with my New York Times shtick: "The Times still hasn't figured out how to handle gossip. What they need is a special page brimming with dishy detail called 'News We Disapprove Of.' Or, this being the Times, 'News of Which We Disapprove...
...young fund stars see their inexperience as (What else?) a virtue. Just ask John Potter, 29, a Wisconsin native who's been playing the market since 10th grade and has generated an 18% return in the past year at the $175 million Marshall Mid-Cap Value Fund. "We don't have any preconceived notions or emotional baggage," he says. "I know I'm not playing with paper money...
...much sex goes on among the other kids in their grade? Says H.: "There are some who do make out; they do hang out on the couch at parties. I think they go as far as kids our age should. They can't go beyond the makeout stage because somebody will find...
...each is paid for with about three hours of his billed legal time), Cacheris' homelife has always been more prosaic. He and his wife Ethel--they have been married nearly 43 years--frequently revisit his roots on trips to Greece. His father Christos had only a sixth-grade education, and as a teenager Plato flipped burgers at his dad's restaurants. After a stint in the Marines, straight-arrow Cacheris worked as a Justice Department prosecutor helping Attorney General Robert Kennedy target...