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...Midler has come a long way since she was the gay guys' pin-up girl at the Continental Baths in Manhattan. She's 62 now, and her fans have matured with her. "Thirty years ago my audiences were on drugs," she confides. "Now they're on medication." Frequently she complains that she hasn't got the old energy. "Omigod I'm exhausted!" she apostrophizes after her very first number - adding, in re certain pop-star lip-synchers who've played the Strip, "That's what happens when you do your own songs...
...sophomore also remains undefeated in dual meets, providing to this point a dependable victory in the Harvard lineupLatessa added a major decision of his own at 157 lbs and Button picked up a close, 9-7 win, pushing the overall margin to 17-3. Princeton freshman Travis Erdman did pin Ziemnick at 174 lbs to pull the Tigers to within 17-9, but after a forfeit at 184 lbs, Colgan and Knapp earned wins, 5-1 and 5-2 respectively, to seal the match.PENN 30, HARVARD 7The first weekend meet presented the greatest struggle for the Crimson, who fell hard...
...barometer of the national mood. Though hipsters began sporting goatees in the 1950s, the more widespread return of the beard in the '60s became an emblem of the defiant counterculture's refusal to go along with the status quo. The cause of the current revival is more difficult to pin down. For some, it's simply a matter of wanting to be in vogue. In the past year, male models have been strutting their scruff on runways, in fashion magazines and in ads for stores like Banana Republic. Brad Pitt walked the red carpet with one at the Screen Actors...
...there are some things you need to know about me. Every winter, I change my clock forward a single hour and fall into a total despair. I lie in bed eating Dove Promises and wondering when the goddamn sun will come back out. After years of trying to pin the blame for this behavior on outside forces—El Niño! our economic situation!—it was this winter that I finally accepted the fact that I’m a victim of Seasonal Affective Disorder...
...each won their bouts respectively, 3-1 and 8-5. BU’s A.J. Detwiler (174) temporarily stopped the Crimson’s early momentum, but Harvard answered back with a resounding defeat in the 184 lb. class. Sophomore Fred Rowsey scored a crucial 10-pointer with a pin of his opponent to put the Crimson back in the lead at 15-10. “Obviously Fred stepped up in a huge way,” O’Connor said. “He’s moved up in weight class...