Word: rollings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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MacDonald was the only Harvard player named to the ECAC Honor Roll this week. The freshman was chosen for his hat trick and assist in Harvard's 7-1 win over Dartmouth...
...tobacco industry's first designer brand will be tested in Atlanta, Memphis, Oklahoma City and Seattle. If consumers respond warmly, the company could roll out the new product nationwide. Reynolds hopes it can win female smokers away from both Virginia Slims and Philip Morris' Benson and Hedges, the first brand to be marketed as a prestige cigarette...
Some moderates worry about the impact of the conservative lobbying. Says one Italian theologian: "Even if the Pope does not intend it, certain actions encourage conservatives who have been waiting 20 years to roll back the effects of the council. This creates a climate of anxiety and distrust." Vatican observers say that in his own mind, John Paul is totally a man of Vatican II. Yet he does insist upon holding to the letter of what the council said, despite liberals who contend that the "spirit" of the council inspires openness to further changes not specifically endorsed by it. Confusion...
...those who came in late: there was no one in their time making better, stronger American rock 'n' roll than Creedence Clearwater Revival. From 1968 through 1972, Creedence made seven albums that grossed worldwide upwards of $150 million. Fogerty wrote and sang nine Top Ten singles in a period of three years. He had served a hitch in the Army Reserve in 1967, and Run Through the Jungle and Fortunate Son may have been the first songs about Viet Nam that sounded as if they could have been sung by soldiers as well as peace marchers...
...Creole pianist Jelly Roll Morton, who claimed that he himself invented jazz, said, "Music cannot be called jazz unless it has the Spanish tinge." Morton used many rhythms native to Cuba, such as the habanera, in his compositions...