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...father's "guitar pulls" in his living room, when a lot of musicians and songwriters previewed their new work. I was about 19 years old, with purplish hair and insouciance to spare, and the honored guests were George Jones and Tammy Wynette. I sat slack-jawed and transfixed as they sang (We're Not) the Jet Set. ("No, We're not the Jet Set/ We're the old Chevrolet set/ Our steak and martini/ Is draft beer with weenie"*). She sat on the plush blue antique sofa, hair poufed out to here, with nails, makeup and outfit perfectly coordinated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: Tammy Wynette | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...were welcomed into Walker Hall by the sound of slack key music strumming in the background. Tropical flowers adorned the walls, people in bright aloha shirts darted around excitedly, and the familiar smell of kalua pig wafted through the room. Kalua pig, the centerpiece of every luau, is fire-roasted on red-hot stones in an underground oven called an imu. I assume that the organizers couldn't pull off the red-hot stones in the frozen MIT ground, but the pig tasted delicious nonetheless. Soon after my arrival there was the inevitable rush to the serving table, replete with...

Author: By Breeze K. Giannasio, | Title: A FIRST-HAND REPORT FROM THE MIT LUAU | 4/2/1998 | See Source »

Like their counterparts from California to Florida in tight or slack job markets, Cambridge area recipients face numerous obstacles to finding and keeping a job--among them quality child care, comprehensive health care and protection from domestic violence...

Author: By Joshua L. Kwan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Recipients Adapt to Welfare Reform | 4/1/1998 | See Source »

...sickly 9.1%--far less, according to Lipper Analytical Services, than the Standard & Poor's 500 average annual return of 14.9% or even the average general-stock-fund return of 12.6% during that same period. Updated through 1997, the audit shows that the ladies have picked up some slack, earning an average annual return of 15.3%. But that still lags the comparable S&P 500 figure of 17.2%, though it's better than the average stock-fund gain of 13.8%. It should be noted, however, that beating the average stock fund is no harder than beating the Chicago Cubs. Nearly everybody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jail the Beardstown Ladies! | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

Senior designated hitter Brett Vankoski, who terrorized League pitching last season, will do the base-cleaning in the middle of the lineup. Ever the focus of Ivy scouting reports, Vankoski's big bat will pick up some of Albers' slack in terms of power...

Author: By Daniel G. Habib, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Revamped Staff, Explosive Lineup Key Hardball Repeat Bid | 3/19/1998 | See Source »

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