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...matchup made in hype-heaven. Burt Reynolds' team vs. the God squad. The pro-style strategy of Florida State vs. the grind-it-out ground game of Notre Dame. Seminole speed vs. Irish beef. Irresistible force meets immovable object. "This might be the biggest game ever in college football," F.S.U. defensive end Derrick Alexander declared at midweek, and few would disagree -- certainly not the fellow who claimed a ticket by piloting his '79 Ford LTD from Los Angeles to South Bend, Indiana, in 21 hours, nor the fan who traded his 1991 Honda for tickets on the 50-yard-line...
...never wanted to be a professional musician," he says. "I saw how hard it was for my father to succeed." Intending to be a doctor or lawyer, he moved to Boston in 1987 after being accepted at Harvard. There, to break up the day-to-day Ivy League grind, he spent hours learning riffs from recordings of great saxophonists like Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, and gigged with friends around town. Two years ago, Yale Law School accepted him, but Redman put them off. By then he was too busy playing New York's tough club circuit, where...
...some businesses have not fared as well as others. "Life's a Grind," run by Sergio Torres, is not only the stand's name, but seems to sum up the feelings of the merchant as well...
First-year registration will begin the whirl of social, academic and extracurricular activities planned by the College to introduce the students to Harvard before the grind of classes begins...
...chugging Jamaican groove, and the young crowd that has filled the house churns and bobs to the buoyant, upside- down beat. Midway through the show the Melody Makers break into an impassioned rendition of the Bob Marley classic I Shot the Sheriff and then segue into the blistering grind of Head Top, from their strong new album Joy and Blues. As Ziggy, 24, rekindles his father's musical spirit and links it to the throbbing rhythms of the '90s, the listeners cheer and raise their arms in a sign of Rastafarian affirmation. "I always do a few of my father...