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...heard that I could stay in a Buddhist Wat, or temple, for free, so I looked on my new-found map for the nearest wat and asked a saffron robed monk if I could find temporary lodging in his temple. He ran inside to speak to the abbott and reappeared five minutes later. "Are you a hippie?" he asked me, straight-faced. "No," I replied, rather taken aback. He disappeared again, and after another five minute wait, told me I could stay...
...University of Rhode Island's Henry Bossett took second place with 35 points, narrowly edging the Crimson's Abbott Reeve with 38. Dave Little (41 points), Charlie Koch (56 points) and Rud Istvan (57 points) finished fifth, eighth and ninth for Harvard, respectively...
...Division "B", Abbott Reeve, with first DeNormandie and then George Putnam as crew, took two firsts and three seconds for 32 points, but U. R. I.'s Henry Bossett could do nothing wrong the whole weekend and coasted into first place with a mere 15 points...
...Division "B" the Crimson fared slightly better as Abbott Reeve and Phil DeNormandie took only one first, but ended up second in the division. The Crimson might have put its strongest skippers in the Friis Trophy, but the sailors who competed in the Mosbacher Trophy-the Ivy League Championship-ripped apart their opposition and took only half as many points as the second-place team...
...many people, the theater's backward look is not only normal but necessary, at a time when Broadway is constantly worried about its fifth season ?slack. Says Veteran Director George Abbott, who worked with Sondheim on Forum: "It's so difficult to get to the Broadway theater, plus there is the cost of eating dinner out and the fear of being mugged. People have to believe they're going to see something priceless." What better show, then, than one already granted a squeal of approval? What happier tense than the past perfect? Furthermore, notes Nanette's Ruby Keeler, "people...