Word: lads
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...team switched from folk singing to folk rock because "those mountain songs didn't say anything to the kids in the 22-story apartment house." Songwriter Simon, a short moonfaced lad whose lyrics are studied in a few high school English courses, does not admit to any big message. "We are just creating doubts and raising questions," he explains. Garfunkel, a Columbia University graduate student who sports a Dr. Zorba shock of electrified hair, says: "Pop music is the most vibrant force in music today. It's like dope-so heady, so alive...
...These are the worst hours of my life," groaned Notre Dame Coach Ara Parseghian the night before his undefeated Irish took the field against North Carolina's Tar Heels. Notre Dame was favored by 25 points, but Parseghian was worried about the 18-year-old lad who had given him that edge: Sophomore Quarterback Terry Hanratty...
...Child of the Muses." Bing's climb began with a prophecy. As a lad in Vienna, he was introduced to the Austrian poet-playwright Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Placing his hand on Rudi's shoulder, the venerable man pronounced: "This is not a little boy but a child of the muses." His teachers found that hard to believe. On his first day at school, Rudi got up from his desk and began putting on his coat. "What are you doing?" the teacher demanded. "Thank you very much," he replied, "but I have had enough." He wasn't kidding...
...gave him the best record in the majors, well ahead of Sandy Koufax (19-7) and the Giants' own Juan Marichal (17-5). Four days later, he beat the Atlanta Braves, 6-1, to become the first 20-game winner this season. And all that from a lad who had nothing better than an 8-12 record last year...
...which makes Minnesota's Tony Oliva, 25, just about the luckiest hitter in baseball-and close to the best. In 1964, as a baby-faced Cuban farm lad who spoke practically no English ("Tony talks so bad," cracked Fellow Cuban Zoilo Versalles, the Twins' shortstop, "that he even says 'ain't' in Spanish"). Outfielder Oliva hit 32 home runs and batted .323-thus becoming the first rookie ever to win the American League's batting championship. Last year, playing with a bad knee and a painfully bruised hand, he drove in 98 runs...