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...1960s reverberated to rock. The walloping folk rock of Bob Dylan sang a striking counterpoint to the sweet-sour, sometimes thunderous eloquence of the Beatles at their best; the psychedelic star shells launched by the Jefferson Airplane soared over the Beelzebub beat and leer of the Rolling Stones. And now, suddenly, the '70s have brought a startling change. Over the last year a far gentler variety of rock sound has begun to soothe the land...
When the economy was lively and money was loose, bankers were only too eager to counsel their customers on the advantages of borrowing. When money tightened and the economy began to turn sour, bankers turned dour. As interest rates for loans rose dramatically, many a loan officer became severely selective. Less affluent customers were often treated like indigent in-laws. Now the situation has suddenly reversed. Bankers are loaded with relatively cheap and ready cash; it is borrowers who are playing hard...
Harvard finished the road trip on a sour note, however, when it fell, 82-79, to Valpairaso the next night. The Crusaders, who had lost to a weak Springfield team earlier, took advantage of the Crimson's poor shooting and lackluster play. Lewis kept Harvard in the game with 26 points and 18 rebounds...
Both Sarah and David are convinced that their relationship is superior to a conventional marriage. It is the legal tie, they believe, that is the subtle influence in making a marriage go sour. "On the small scale," says David, "there's no difference, except that you know you could call it off when you want to. That makes you more careful and considerate. You don't say subconsciously, 'Oh, she's always going to be there.' So you make that little extra effort." Only under one circumstance would Sarah and David consider a legal marriage: if they decided to have...
Once you wade through the orchestrations, there are some very good songs, yet nothing that even approaches the quality of Harrison's earlier material, nothing as good as "Here Comes the Sun." "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Something," "Sour Milk Sea," "Savoy Truffle," "It's All Too Much," or "If I Needed Someone." The best cuts are those that sound like they were recorded while Spector was out of the room ("Apple Scruffs," "If Not For You") and those that seem like deliberate imitations of other people. "What is Life," for example, which is not nearly...