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...Rose Speedway (Paul McCartney and Wings, Apple; $5.98). Perhaps McCartney's best post-Beatle album. Although it seems obvious that he is never going to become the pithy lyricist John Lennon was, and sometimes still is, McCartney remains a musical nonpareil. Rarely is he better than when dealing with blues-based material like this album's Get on the Right Thing...
...reactivated after having missed seven games because of injuries. At 38, crew-cut Veteran Earl Morrall, Griese's mid-season replacement, has demonstrated that he may be the best old quarterback in the game by keeping intact the Dolphins' winning streak. Sleek, swift Paul Warfield is a nonpareil pass catcher who runs square-out patterns of almost geometrical perfection. The other starting wide receiver, Howard Twilley, is small and slow, but he has an uncanny knack for getting open and holding on to passes in a crowd...
...meter glamour race with a steaming 0:51.941. World marks in the 200-meter breaststroke and the 200-meter backstroke fell, respectively, to Brian Job, 18, and Mike Stamm, 18. Alice Jones, 18, led the girls by breaking world records in both the 100-and 200-meter butterfly. Nonpareil Debbie Meyer, 18, broke her own record in the 400-meter freestyle...
...world where indolence, inefficiency and fiscal fecklessness are the rule, Graham is a nonpareil. He has grown rich by knowing what is good, and hiring the best talent he can get. He provides his performers with the best equipment and facilities, and expects them to be good. If they are not - even though most of the audience may not know the difference - Graham simply stops booking them, regardless of how well they draw. The result is that Graham's two Fillmores are the places where the top talent wants to be heard - and the rock world grudgingly knows that...
...anniversary of the freeing of the slaves in Texas in 1865). They also sent out an emergency summons to Bayard Rustin to handle the march, which may prove to be their smartest move yet; Rustin is the master organizer who turned the 1963 March on Washington into a nonpareil of nonviolence...