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...seventh Corporation member, excluded). This search committee was charged with gathering a long list of potential candidates and recommending a shortened list to the Corporation--meaning, strangely, that six search committee members would be recommending names to themselves. Although the alumni-elected Board of Overseers had to rubber-stamp the Corporation's final recommendation in a hastily arranged vote, it was clear that the Corporation had almost complete control over the process, a process that hasn't changed much throughout much of Harvard's history...
...American Pie - Don McLean 2. Red Rubber Ball - Cyrkle (written by Paul Simon) 3. A Day in the Life - Beatles 4. Father and Son - Cat Stevens 5. Honesty - Billy Joel 6. Taxi - Harry Chapin 7. Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 8. I Started a Joke - Bee Gees 9. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen 10. Alice's Restaurant - Arlo Guthrie...
...Perhaps most unexpected is the appearance in the top slot of a song that not only was not a hit, but has rarely if ever been covered by anyone else: The John Lennon autobiographical reverie "In My Life," from the Beatles' "Rubber Soul," widely considered to be one of the Fab Four's first forays beyond standard boy-girl preoccupations. As if to counterbalance Lennon's contribution, "Here, There and Everywhere" comes in at number four, its killer modulation a reminder that as the two composers diverged (in spite of the pro forma "Lennon/McCartney" credit), McCartney did more than just...
...show. The brothers have been offered lucrative deals on commercial radio stations but turned them down because they seemed like a lot more work. "Most people have overestimated how much money they need and have miscalculated the work-to-play ratio," says Ray. "Except us." Tom, who is shooting rubber bands at the leftover brownies, nods in agreement...
...match, accusing the show of being rigged. "It felt like a Don King production." Flay says he was given inferior cooking space and equipment. "I cut my finger five minutes in. I got electrocuted four times, and they didn't stop the show. Eventually they brought me a rubber mat so I could stand safely." Flay is a big whiner...