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ITEM: In Boston, the lead singer of the Dead Boys takes a swan dive to the stage floor of a joint called The Rat. He wears a leather jacket and a T shirt decorated with swastikas. He begins to stroke the torn crotch of his jeans with a vibrator. He shrieks, "This is what love...
...spotted something special in the gangly colt. The three retired to a motel room and a bottle of bourbon for the joyful chore of naming No. 128 and toasting future victories. They settled on Seattle Slew-after the sibilant city closest to the Taylors' home in White Swan, Wash, (pop. 400), and the swampy Florida bottom lands, or slews, where Hill was raised. Since then, Seattle Slew has given the Taylors seven occasions to hoist a glass in victory celebration, the best of all coming last Saturday at Churchill Downs: mint juleps...
...next two months of racing promise to be an exciting swan song for Raymond: his Radcliffe heavyweights are attacking the season with a stong mixture of speed, spirit, and aggressiveness, a combination that should lead to victory...
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (London Symphony Orchestra, Andre Previn conductor, Angel; 3 LPs). Previn herewith completes his cycle of the three great Tchaikovsky full-length ballet scores. As with his The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty, he is always conscious of the ingenious nature of the composer's orchestrations, yet never tries to overcome the music's essential dance quality with virtuoso orchestral tricks. A delightful album, and by far the best Swan Lake on the market. William Bender
...succeeded so well that in ten years he took over as president. Over the next 41 years, he saw his country school blossom into Grambling State University, legendary in pro football and a leader in remedial education. At 71, Jones is finally retiring this spring. TIME Education Editor Annalyn Swan visited Grambling to talk with him about his half-century in black education. Her report...