Word: phil
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...fact, in this age of video-driven, computer-written pop, you need a superstar to sell a song. Using studio personnel to supplement and even define a group sound is not an unheard-of practice in rock: Remember Phil Spector's use of other singers under the name of the Crystals, or Brian Wilson's hours in the studio concocting Beach Boys tracks? The new wrinkle is that the people who provide the sounds may not be exactly . . . well, charismatic on camera. Today's concert audiences want to see re-creations of videos, and that often demands intricate, high-energy...
...Giants also pack a big offensive punch. Veteran quarterback Phil Simms, 35, is having the best year of his 11-year career, leading all quarterbacks, Montana included, in pass efficiency (a calculation based on completions, yards gained and numbers of touchdowns and interceptions). Simms presides over a varied offense that sets up his passing game with ball control on the ground. Defenders face bruising off-tackle smashes by 12-year veteran running back Ottis Anderson (who seeks to become the first N.F.L. player to gain 1,000 yds. in each of three decades) and sweeps and quick openers by jackrabbit...
...groups link themselves with the most banal and commercial of today's pop stars--people like George Michael and Phil Collins whose primary lyric is "I miss you, baby." With their pleasant, sleep-inducing hum, a cappella groups sing in a manner reminiscent of Muzak, that great piped-in music so often heard in certain Woolworth's branches...
...Terriers (4-2-1), led by Peter Ahola and Phil von Stefenelli, shut down the Crimson attack by stepping up to the blue line and clearing the puck down the wings, preventing a lethargic Harvard offense from pressuring B.U. netminder John Bradley...
Second Period: 2, B, Keith Tkachuk (Tom Dion, Tony Amonte) 13:39. Penalties--B, Phil van Stefenelli (hooking) 8:55; H, Michel Breistroff (delay of game) 17:22; B, Peter Ahola (delay of game...