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Last month the supersonic Concorde - grounded for 15 months after a disaster of its own - returned to commercial flight. Rock star Sting, a passenger on that first flight, called it a symbol of the return to normal life. Well, maybe...
...Beatles, was also a godfather of world music. By studying with Indian sitar master Ravi Shankar and playing the sitar himself on songs like "Norwegian Wood" and "Within You Without You," he helped bring the sounds of the East into Western pop. Since Harrison, pop musicians ranging from Sting to David Byrne to Marc Anthony have felt free to sample from music from around the world in their pop and it's partly because of the barriers that Harrison broke down. For Harrison, combining musical cultures came naturally. Said Harrison: "When I first consciously heard Indian music...
...With the sting of last Tuesday’s 8-4 blowout at the hands of Boston University still fresh, Harvard (3-4-1, 3-2-1 ECAC) looked to rebound against the defending national champion...
...1970s, when his stardom was at its most luminous--with The Sting, The Way We Were, Condor and All the President's Men--he preferred the Utah mountains to Beverly Hills, taking three- and four-year breaks from acting. Except for a romance with actress Sonia Braga, whom he directed in The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), his private life has seldom drawn the spotlight. He has had only one marriage, to Lola Van Wagenen, which ended after 27 years, in 1985. And none of his three grown kids appears to have a Daddy Dearest story to tell...
Just like last year, the Crimson managed to lessen the sting of a fourth-place Ivy finish by playing strong in the NCAA tournament. Harvard’s epic quadruple -overtime victory against Hartford last Thursday made the Crimson one of just 10 programs nationwide to reach the second round of NCAAs each of the past five seasons...