Word: legendizing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Jack Kelley was the closest that USA Today had to a living legend. The very picture of a fearless correspondent, he had, among other things, watched as three men were decapitated during a suicide bombing in Jerusalem. He witnessed Cuban refugees' attempted escape and told the tale of their drowning...
...kind of thing Flint youths do for fun. For that, Flint-ers become gym rats and head indoors, dreaming of royal green jerseys and imagining themselves with a place in Michigan State’s basketball (and hockey) lore. Other Michiganians—like Brighton (Mich.) High baseball legend and current Dallas Cowboy Drew Henson—eventually give up the gloves and take on other endeavors...
...shouldn't dismiss the new blues cover albums by Eric Clapton and Aerosmith simply because both acts are richer, whiter and scarier to look at than Dick Cheney. Clapton's blues credentials are impeccable; he first played with Sonny Boy Williamson in 1963, and his worship of Delta legends Buddy Guy and B.B. King has been reciprocated over the years, with both respectfully calling on him as a producer and collaborator. The spandexed sybarites in Aerosmith have never been much for tradition, which makes their blues obsession more subversive and dynamic; on the surface they churn out big dumb power...
...literally wept at the closing of J.F. Olsson’s—a fixture on Brattle Street for 107 years. Financial troubles led the once popular Wursthaus restaurant to disappear after 79 years. And just a few years ago, Harvard Square’s Tasty restaurant, still a legend in Harvard lore, was replaced by that symbol of corporate decadence—Abercrombie and Fitch...
Crimson coaching legend Carole Kleinfelder retired at the end of last season, having totaled in her 24 years of coaching at Harvard 252 wins, 12 Ivy League titles, 11 NCAA tournament berths and one national championship under her belt. Nelson, 31 years old and a three-year assistant, was promoted to the top position. And as a young coach and active member of the U.S. national lacrosse team, she can still show the players a thing or two first-hand...