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...time, who else can win? Probably only the big-occasion Australians or the grinding, brutal South Africans, whose ruthless preparations for this Cup signal their determination to lift it. On home soil, the always-stylish French are another possibility. Asia's sole representative, Japan, under former All Black John Kirwan, will try to turn around their lamentable World Cup record (which includes a staggering 145-17 loss to the Blacks in 1995), but victory is impossible...
...wives in this age group go to the spas while the husbands played golf," Berg says. Now the men, driven to stay fit and attractive and to reward themselves for years of hard work, are enjoying everything from manicures to mud baths. "The stigma is gone," says Kirwan Rockefeller, a social and behavioral scientist and co-creator of the certificate program in spa and hospitality management at the University of California at Irvine. "[The TV show] Queer Eye for the Straight Guy has done a lot toward reassuring men that it is O.K. to get a massage...
...large state university like Tennessee). But who can blame them if they feel resentful at the millions of dollars being made off their talents? No wonder so many turn pro so early; no wonder so many succumb to Faustian handshakes with agents. University of Maryland president William E. Kirwan, who is heading the NCAA special committee, says, "We realize we underestimated the magnitude of the problem. We estimate that 90% of those who would be picked in the first round of a pro draft have had some form of contact with agents and perhaps received improper gifts...
...proletariat passion of Black 47's songs that make the group stand out. "So hold on to your rifles, boys, don't give up your dream/ Of a Republic for the workin' class, economic liberty," Kirwan sings on the cut James Connolly. There's morbid humor too, as on the semiautobiographical song Maria's Wedding, about a drunk, frustrated suitor who crashes an ex- girlfriend's nuptials, promising the bride he'll quit his band and "even...
Band leader Kirwan was born in Wexford, Ireland, and immigrated to the States in the '70s; he began to form Black 47 in 1989. He writes all the group's songs, mixing in events from his life, including those early rejections from New York clubs. Says Kirwan: "By playing in those Irish places where we had to play for people who didn't care about us one way or another, or hated us, we couldn't help but get better...