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...unflinchingly retro surfdisc, a collection of surfer instrumentals thatwere released between '60 and '63. Like all thebest that camp has to offer, this disc is morethan just an amusement item: the burning guitarwork and unstoppable rhythms that mark classicssuch as the Cantay's "Pipeline" and the Surfaris'"Wipeout" (check out those killer bongos!) serveas the backbone for this disc. The two tunes bysurf-guitar master Dick Dale are predictablystrong, as Dale deftly powers his way through histrademark, riff-based style...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Of Tango, Bluegrass, and surf Music... | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

Last year was an unmitigated disaster for the Crimson, as ferocious Big Red linebacker Mitch Lee sparked a 28-0 wipeout in Ithaca, N.Y. The year before was even worse--Harvard choked away a sure win on two wild snaps over punter Alan Hall's head for safeties...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: EYES ON THE PRIZE | 10/6/1990 | See Source »

...Jane Scovell (Simon & Schuster; $19.95). What starts out as another sad story of anxiety and alcohol abuse by the wife of a public official eventually turns into a moving saga of courage as the author struggles to come back from a defeat far more humiliating than her husband's wipeout at the polls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Oct. 1, 1990 | 10/1/1990 | See Source »

...Jane Scovell (Simon & Schuster; $19.95). What starts out as another sad story of anxiety and alcohol abuse by the wife of a public official eventually turns into a moving saga of courage as the author struggles to come back from a defeat far more humiliating than her husband's wipeout at the polls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Sep. 24, 1990 | 9/24/1990 | See Source »

...Europe and Washington predict that he has less than two years to complete his reforms and get the store shelves filled with the things his workers want to buy. If Gorbachev fails, his audacious political rendition of Surfin' U.S.S.R. could suffer the fate that wave riders most dread: a wipeout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Riding a Dangerous Wave | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

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