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...surprise team in the league this year, is now in second place with only one loss. The one defeat was at the hands of Yale, which demonstrated its superiority over the rest of the Eastern loop teams with a 71-42 triumph over the Indians. It was the Bulldogs' 49th consecutive...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Mermen Should Drown Quakers In Dartmouth and Yale Warm-up | 3/1/1969 | See Source »

Anyway, I was soon returned to reality by a bald, elderly man who informed me, "The show is over, kid. Get out." And that was it. I went out on to 49th Street, got a hot dog, and headed for home...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern | 2/8/1969 | See Source »

...Bombed in New Haven--Joseph Heller's anti-war play, that, while no "Catch-22," has nice moments all the same. With Diana Sands and Jason Richards. Closes Dec. 29. At the AMBASSADOR, W. 49th...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas in New York: The Plays to See | 12/20/1968 | See Source »

Underground Figure. In the U.S., he hopes to be known-period. Lightfoot is Canada's top-selling male singer, with an annual income of about $250,000 and a 17-room house in a stockbroker-and-executive neighborhood of Toronto. But south of the 49th parallel, where his songs are performed by such singers as Harry Belafonte and Peter, Paul and Mary, he has remained chiefly a popular figure in the folk underground. Until recently, at least. Now he is getting numerous engagements in the club circuit; during the past few months he has performed at Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Folk Singers: Cosmopolitan Hick | 11/8/1968 | See Source »

...have to look too hard to see why. White schools in the South are no gems -- Alabama ranks 49th among the school systems of the country, and Mississippi proudly follows at number 50. But the eagerness of black children to get into the white schools suggests how bad the black schools must be. And the suggestion of how bad they must be is only a pale hint of how bad they...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: High School Graduates Who Can't READ?! | 9/28/1968 | See Source »

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