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...People really identified with Harvard during the '60s," said Band Manager Victor W. Hwang '93. "The tough part is to get a big movement going...
When band members determined that the drum's two cowhide heads were in serious danger of falling apart, they launched a fund drive to repair the colossal instrument. Contributors included Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III and other Harvard faculty, according to band Manager Victor W. Hwang...
...guiding hand of a dapper Italian host named Luca, couples restage their marital spats as if they were auditioning for a spinoff of Married . . . with Children ("You are ; the boss of nothing!" "Where were your brains -- your rear end?"). At the end of each episode, the audience selects a victor. But it matters little: the prize in either case is a "second honeymoon," so the couple can make up -- or, more likely, share a good laugh...
...same reason country music has found an urban constituency: baby boomers are fleeing the assault of rap and hard rock. "When we were kids, our parents tried to force show music down our throats, and we didn't like it," says RCA Victor's man-about-Broadway, Bill Rosenfield. "Now we discover that we like these tunes. We want music that is comfortable...
...problem is that the economics of recycling are out of whack. Enthusiasm for collecting recyclables has raced ahead of the capacity in many areas to process and market them. Right now, says Victor Bell, a veteran Rhode Island recycling expert, "the market can't keep up with the recycling binge." In recent years many states and municipalities have passed laws mandating the collection of newspapers, plastics, glass and paper. But arranging for processing -- and finding a profit in it -- has proved tricky. As trucks loaded with recyclable materials arrive at processors, backlogs develop. Worse, the glut has depressed already soft...