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Both in person and in the pages he produced each week, Newsweek editor MAYNARD PARKER had an edgy energy that was rooted in a passion for the news. Often tightly coiled and always ready to spring, he had the gleeful ability to rip up his magazine as it was going to press in order to make it more exciting. Every Monday I felt the special kinship that comes from having tried to pull off the same feats; I could admire the smart way he had packaged a cover, spotted a trend or elicited a nugget of reporting...
...course, there is the fully revised and expanded Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care by Dr. Benjamin Spock and Dr. Steven J. Parker (Pocket). The book takes the parent through adolescence. Child abuse, rock 'n' roll, AIDS: no topic is too difficult for Dr. Spock to address...
...instance, Lambert describes legendaryHarvard coach Harry Parker as a "willfulcharacter," explaining that the phrase "Don't takeNo for an answer--neatly defines a willfulcharacter." He tells us that "many of Harry'sathletes identify him as the best and mostimportant teacher they had at Harvard." Lambertgoes on to say that crews "need, in short, a coachwho is a willful character." While there is truthin this generalization--which is still excessivelybroad--Lambert does not discuss the negativeaspects of being coached by such a strong persona.Would Lambert praise "willful characters" as muchas he does had Harry Parker yelled at him inperson...
...Workout: One of the toughest dry-land workouts from legendary Coach Parker. Rowers run up and down all 37 stadium sections--field to top row--as quickly as possible. Parker's "gold-standard": 100 sections in 1 HOUR. Ouch...
Workout: Coach Parker has the crew paddle through as much of the Charles as humanly possible: boathouse to the Science Museum, then up river to Watertown and back to the start for a grueling total of 17 miles. Translation: 1 1/2 hours of steady pain. Nice views... but is it worth it? Says Captain Henry G. Nuzum '99 of the infamous tour: "You don't even notice the scenery after about three minutes... my butt was real sore afterwards...