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Taking over a soccer program is like movinginto someone else's house. Former Harvard men'ssoccer coach Mike Getman replaced legend JapeShattuk in 1987 at a time when the Crimson'snational preeminence was at its peak...
Taking over a soccer program is like movinginto someone else's house. Former Harvard men'ssoccer coach Mike Getman replaced legend JapeShattuk in 1987 at a time when the Crimson'snational preeminence was at its peak...
...what does Locker have to do to make hishouse look like that of Virginia head coach andliving legend Bruce Arena...
Anyone looking for more proof of the revival need only check out the history of Legend, a compilation of songs by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Sales of the album, released in 1984, have recently surged. The record has dominated Billboard's Top Pop Catalog album chart for an unprecedented 17 weeks, outdrawing such heavyweights as Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Michael Jackson's Thriller and the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...
...says. "He just seems to generate a celebratory impulse from everybody." But some people find the spectacle suspiciously premature. "Unfortunately, he is being commercially exploited right now," notes another Lenny, conductor Leonard Slatkin. "There is a lot of effort and time and money being put into keeping the legend alive. I find it all a little bit sad." Says Ernest Fleischmann, executive director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic: "Bernstein's memory is best served by his music and his recordings and by the people he influenced...