Word: roach
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...words of Harvard coach Bill McCurdy, Northeastern top gun John Flora "blossomed" on the way to first place with a blazing 23:39 finish. Bill Roach of Boston College finished second at a safe distance at 24:25, followed by a Brandeis duo consisting of Buddy Bostic (24:32) and Don Finelli...
...Crimson harrier hung tough in the aftermath, however, and Eichner and Rafto managed to post excellent times of 4:33 and 4:37 respectively, at the mile mark. Sheehan ran extremely well for most of the race, dueling with B.C.'s Roach for possession of the second slot, until he tightened up in the last half mile and was passed by a group of runners...
...clothes just for dancing. "The dress becomes your dancing partner," he says, and Photographer Francesco Scavullo claims that the "young and exciting fashions in the discos are the only clothes today." Dancing styles have progressed and mellowed. The hustle and the bus stop, the rope and the roach have largely been replaced in the past year by either a languid free-form oscillation or neojitter-bug. There is even an occasional foxtrot, Lindy or waltz-to the 2001 version of the Blue Danube. However the patrons dance, the new discos are designed, says Boston Disco Manager Mark Hugo, to make...
Blye also shares the conviction with his thriller counterparts that he is a shrewd listener and talker. With poor people, a strong stomach counts. Says he: "I've had to drink coffee out of cracked cups with roach wings floating around inside." But if Blye sits at their tables, they shed their mistrust. With the more affluent, a smooth line of backchat comes in handy...
...Sloopy and In-Crowd fame, although he might deny it nowadays) move into the Music Hall for an 8 p.m. concert. I caught Ferguson at Brandy's Wharf a few years ago, and, sorry to say, he has lost a step or two since his days with Max Roach. The 50s were Fergie's hey-days. But his trumpet still has an inordinate amount of funk and the combination of Lewis and Ferguson make a viable Wednesday evening...