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...Nonetheless, inside that denim-jacketed heart, behind those covertly smiling eyes and that radical pug nose, one senses big ambition. Alive on Arrival, his heel-kicking 1978 debut, moved zealous writers to compare Forbert with classic heartland American music-makers the likes of Gram Parsons, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers. Then came Jackrabbit Slim, the 1979 follow-up, a helping of string and chorus-sweetened love songs, and the critics scooped their superlatives back again...
Auerbach's biggest move of the off-season--the acquisition of Robert Parish--is also the most mysterious. The Celtics have never had much luck with seven-footers--their last, Hank Finkel, occupied himself for his last two seasons by coming in with 45 seconds left in close games to try blocking inbound passes...
When he was 17, University of Alabama Assistant Coach Hank Crisp came to call in a Model A Ford. He offered a way out of the fields with a scholarship. Paul, who was already known as Bear because at age twelve he had lost a wrestling match with a carnival bear, left for college...
Everyone remembers 1968, and most of over-40 Detroit remembers, at least vaguely, Hank Greenberg, Schoolboy Rowe and the class of '45. And everybody has heard Sparky Anderson's too-loud propaganda about the 90 wins in 1980 and the division title in '81. But the real action is now, as the Tigers finish out another long summer at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull...
...Freshman's Dean's Office, at Morton Prince House, will be open. A good excuse to talk to Hank Moses, dean of Freshman. He's heavy into Outward Bound and orienteering, so read up in advance if you need a pretext for discussion. Go easy, though: Moses is a low-key fellow. Very Ivy League, very laid back. He wears cool penny loafers or topsiders. Ask for the brand name then go buy a pair...