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...next width is the light touring ski and has the advantage of being faster and lighter than the regular touring...

Author: By Grover G. Norquist, | Title: Why Ski Cross-Country? | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...with the Harvard Glee Club, Collegium Musicum, and the Radcliffe Choral Society in a performance of Handel's Messiah.) The amount of rehearsal time needed for both these events necessitated HRO's fielding a less than full-size orchestra on Saturday. The resulting sound, while somewhat lighter and more restrained than usual, was unusually clear and coherent...

Author: By Jay E. Golan, | Title: On the Right Track | 12/8/1976 | See Source »

...charge now is James R. Tolbert III, a strapping (6 ft.) former football player who lights his pipe with a chrome-plate cigarette lighter engraved "June 26, 1972"-the day Four Seasons emerged from bankruptcy after two years of ax wielding. Tolbert fired many employees, slashing the ranks at the Oklahoma headquarters from 500 to 26. Unprofitable nursing centers were closed and sold off, and acquisitions were made in new fields: aluminum and packaging. During its most recent fiscal year the company earned $2.8 million on sales of $75 million. The Four Seasons name lives on, as a subsidiary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTMENT: Rebirth of Some Fallen Angels | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

...contemporary golfer can purchase wedges with built-in air foils and much lighter graphite and titanium shafts. Newer variations include braided, "anti-torque" shafts, weighted tungsten disks to expand the sweet spot, bevelled leading edges, cambered soles, and even crescent-shaped clubheads...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Five Centuries of Biodegradable Golf | 11/18/1976 | See Source »

...deeper waters of dramatic Verdi. It is a step wise lyric tenors do not take until they are 40 or so (Pavarotti is 41), for fear of damaging the vocal cords. At that age, the voice usually begins to darken and toughen. Pavarotti's voice is still lighter than one is used to in this music, but he made the adjustment skillfully and convincingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Heavyweight Opening | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

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