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Sullivan made it clear that he will reserve any accolades for Walton until the initial transition period is over. After all, Kam is a West Coast boy adjusting to the East, a freshman adjusting to the academic rigors of Harvard and a high-school phenom adjusting to the college game all at the same time--that's a lot to handle for anyone...
DIED. JULIE LONDON, 74, actress and breathy pop phenom whose 1955 song Cry Me a River sold more than a million copies; in Los Angeles. Honed in nightclubs, London's hushed, smoked-out voice made hits of Around Midnight and My Heart Belongs to Daddy. Encouraged to sing by second husband Bobby Troup, writer of Route 66, London released more than 30 albums. In 1972 her first husband, Jack Webb, hired London and Troup to appear as nurse Dixie McCall and Dr. Joe Early on TV's Emergency...
...three seconds above his head?and a big kick. "He's the real thing," says Tuffy Rhodes, an ex-major leaguer now playing in Japan for the professional Kintetsu Buffaloes. "He could win 10 or 12 games a year now in the majors." Says teammate Jefferson: "He's a phenom, one of those rare guys who can dominate and win a game...
...most to reach. (The oft-disputed reasoning is that older people have set spending habits and, because they watch more TV than young'uns, are better reached with ads on cheaper programs.) Last week CBS's gross, engrossing adventure game show Survivor (Wednesdays, 8 p.m. E.T.) was a phenom for many reasons: it had America buzzing, and it took a piece out of ABC's hit Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. But, above all, it showed that the generation gap is alive and well, in society...
...Nonetheless, the fact that both Birtwell and Crockett are returning next season, combined with the promise displayed by freshman phenom Kenon Ronz and a host of other young pitchers this year, ensures that the tradition of Harvard pitching excellence will continue into next season...