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...Jennings, who died Wednesday at 64 after a battle with diabetes, got his start at 14, spinning other people's records for a local radio station in his hometown of Littlefield, Texas. By 21 he was playing bass for Buddy Holly. He dodged rock n' roll tragedy a year later, skipping the flight that killed Holly when it went down in an Iowa cornfield. That day, he gave up his seat to the Big Bopper and joked to Holly, "I hope your ol' plane crashes." He learned from Holly what would be the mark of his career. "Attitude," Jennings would...
...court session, Pomey sat front row-center with her lawyer, while Gomes sat in the back row with his parents, who had driven to their son’s arraignment from Gomes’ hometown of Plymouth, Mass...
...developed various justifications for this aspect of my personality. Professional sports frequently glorify violence, undermine college and even high school academics, and divert badly needed public funds for wasteful expenditures like stadium construction. My father, a professor at the large public university in my hometown, mutters bitterly every time more money is allocated to the athletic program rather than to the sociology department. I grumble along with...
...loss against eighth-ranked junior Nicholas Kyme in the first game. Kyme won the next two games 9-6, 9-1, as Karlen fell 3-0 for the match. Bantam squash enthusiasts weren’t thrilled with Karlen, loudly criticizing every let he called while cheering for the hometown favorite...
...With a hometown team in the Super Bowl for the first time in five seasons, the excitement surrounding the game was unusually high...