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...Sheehan, a mainstay of the Crimson distance corps, will run the 10,000-meter event. The junior thinclad finished second in that event at the IC4As in Philadelphia, May 20-21. He will face tough competition from Northeastern's John Flora, who outdistanced him by 31 seconds in the IC4As...
Karla tried U.C.L.A. for six weeks, got her boyfriend, Bassist Kenny Edwards (a mainstay of the Ronstadt band), to write her English papers, then dropped out. The pair formed a group called Bryndle with Wendy Waldman and Andrew Gold, cut one unreleased album and ended up playing for rent money in a bar near the airport. "We did Top 40 stuff like Jumpin ' Jack Flash and I Want to Take You Higher, " she says, adding: "At least my piano playing got stronger...
Although there is nothing particularly memorable about this film, its title is sure to be a mainstay of trivia contests for years to come. Crossed Swords, as nasty fate would have it, is the last movie scheduled to play Manhattan's doomed Radio City Music Hall. The choice could not be more appropriate, for Crossed Swords is the quintessential Music Hall film: an undemanding, all-star family entertainment with period sets and costumes bathed in ersatz gold. It's perfect wallpaper for an art deco palace...
Auto sales, a mainstay of the economic expansion, weakened in the final 20 days of November. The Carter Administration, in its first year in office, displayed what often seemed to be a fumbling and unsure touch in dealing with the economy. For example, the President has vowed to shun wage-price controls or even guidelines but has yet to proclaim any strong anti-inflation policy. Indeed, he has taken several actions, including signing into law a huge increase in the minimum wage, that will raise prices...
From then on, though the scoring remained even, the first half belonged to Harvard. A tight zone defense worked wonders, forcing Bentley to resort to lots of ineffectual outside shooting. Field and forward Hildy Meyers played aggressively, and Caryn Curry, the team's mainstay, pulled things together by grabbing a total of ten rebounds and scoring seven field goals for the night...