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Precol Harum. Apparently "Whiter Shade of Pale" was one of the first rock and roll songs to lift knowingly from the classics, Bach (they tell me) in this case. Which led to the rock-classical fusions of Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman. Meanwhile PH's Keith Reid wrote lyrics that predated, and occasionally surpassed the obscure inanities of King Crimson and Yes. And Procol Harum plays on, the grandaddy of the progressives...
...study in contrasting styles. Eleanor, often in pantsuits, looks like the petite, bubbly cheerleader she once was back in high school in Woonsocket, S. Dak. Pat, slim and regally straight-backed, has only once appeared on the hustings in slacks. She seems in photographs to be aloof, brittle, a shade too manicured and coiffed to be quite real or approachable...
...range between 41% to 51% for several years. The Government's traditional "full employment" target is 4%; the irreducible jobless rate, composed of people moving between jobs and those only marginally employable, is a matter of guesswork. The mid-point of the experts' guesses is a shade more than...
...still exhibits some of the same callow flippancy that has long got him into trouble. Asked if he finds any irony in his playing the conquering Jew in Germany, Mark shrugged and said, "Actually, I've always liked this country." Then he added, tapping a lampshade, "Even though this shade is probably made out of one of my aunts." Bad blood welled up last week between Mark and Teammate Steve Genter, before they competed in the 200-meter freestyle. Word got around that Mark, upon hearing that Genter had been hospitalized, had said: "Well, this may sound terrible...
...common mosquito (Culex vulgarly), no warm-weather animal is as relentless as the Late-Summer Athlete (Hospes strenuous). As the calendar winds down to Labor Day, he (or she) coaxes colleagues away from a leisurely meal, hauls them up from blankets in the sun and hammocks in the shade-all in the name of Sport. For the victim, no pest coil or 90-day collar will serve as repellent. No, the only proven method of defense is Summer Gamesmanship...