Word: mellowing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Theeeeere she is, Miss Ameeeerica." It won't be quite the same any more. Bert Parks, 65, for 25 years the mellow master of ceremonies whose rendition of that unguent ballad had become something of a late-summer tradition, has not been invited back for 1980's Miss America contest. Parks took the news hard: "I never thought they'd pull a trick like this. It's a little shabby, isn't it?" No reason was given for his ouster, nor was a successor announced. Some names have been dropped, such as those of Entertainer...
...Harvard with a name band, that we didn't want to have an affair like the Who concert riot, and that Bruce Springsteen was out of the question, so we approached Pousette-Dart." Joseph F. McDonough '81, president of the Student Assembly, said yesterday. "They're popular, both mellow and towdy, and Boston-based, so it'll be a nice time for everyone and a sure sell-out," he added