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...game, which marked the continuation of the longest intercollegiate rivalry in North America--Harvard and McGill were meeting for the 110th time--was won by McGill, 15-3. Thus the Canadians took home the coveted Cvo Cup, given to the winners each year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rugby Teams Fall To McGill Squads | 10/4/1982 | See Source »

...always putting up new buildings downtown and talking about how good things in New York are getting. They haven't been up here. It's as if those people at city hall are afraid they'll fall off the edge of the world if they come up above 110th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York, New York, It's a ... | 8/18/1980 | See Source »

...35th for a place in Vagankovo Cemetery . . . 16th at the optician's . . . 110th for an abortion (not pregnant now, but ready when my time comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Periscope of The Buried Dead | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

Fireworks blossomed and flags rippled in Ottawa last week, as 23 million Canadians-or most of them, anyway -cheered the 110th anniversary of their national confederation. The $3.5 million birthday bash was a big change from last year, when merrymaking funds were slashed abruptly by an austerity-minded government. This time the question of national unity overrode any urge for thrift. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was determined to show that Canadians want to stick together as a nation despite the election victory of the separatist Parti Québécois last November in Quebec, his country's largest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Happy Birthday, Bonne Chance | 7/11/1977 | See Source »

Even as a youngster growing up on 110th Street in New York's Harlem, Williams was the darling of the culture-craving women of the family. His grandmother entertained him by reciting Longfellow. His twin sister, Loretta, an aspiring ballerina, pirouetted through the apartment. Their mother had studied to become an opera singer, instead operated an elevator to work for her children's education. Young Billy earned extra money by drawing his own comic books and selling them to school chums for a nickel. At 19, he hoped to become a fashion illustrator. But a chance meeting with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Black Gable | 8/23/1976 | See Source »

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