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...faked. There is no element of affirmative action here. Sidney Poitier won't do. The point is not to be black but to sound black. And unlike the integration and near domination of African Americans in professional sports, this is not even a matter of genuine talent breaking down the floodgates. Plenty of white or white-sounding actors could say "THIS [pause] is CNN" as well as Jones. Most people who have heard that phrase a hundred times don't know whose voice it is and - unless the question is raised specifically - they aren't even consciously aware that...
...first ballot with 94.8 percent of the total vote. The sport's all-time leader in stolen bases and runs scored, Henderson is as well known for his oversized ego and his tendency to refer to himself in the third person as for his undeniable talent. He will be formally inducted into the Hall in Cooperstown, N.Y. on July 26. (See TIME's Top 10 Sports Moments...
...Detroit car assembly line that he knew so well: Make a good product, then make something similar, and make it quick. Over here were the songwriters - Robinson and the team of Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Brian Holland (Holland-Dozier, Holland, or H-D-H). Over there was the talent - Stevie Wonder, whom the label discovered when he was 11; Marvin Gaye, who wanted so much to be a jazz crooner before he came into his own in the late 60's; and, above all, Diana Ross, whom the label put its stake in early on, and who was told...
...close. Harvard ended up shooting 14 of 16 free throws in the first half alone, accounting for nearly half of its first-half points.“We always have a hard time playing there,” Lin said. “We felt we had more talent than they did, we had a better racket, but it’s hard. It was just a great win.”The second half was a see-saw ride, with nine lead changes and no team ever leading by double-digits. The Crimson jumped to an early period lead...
...labels had been created at New York University and Berklee College of Music, but Harvard was lagging in creating a forum for students interested in popular music. “There wasn’t much of a live music scene at Harvard but there were a lot of talented musicians,” Siegel said. “What we wanted to do was to give them an opportunity to record professional quality music and reach more fans.”The Undergraduate Council initially offered very little funding for the project, so Siegel and Zaccagnino raised money from...