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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Evening of British Comedy involves excerpts, presumably, from Beyond the Fringe, Monty Python (and his Flying Circus), Flanders's & Swann's At the Drop of a Hat, and the Goon Shows of which I admit I've never heard. The others are all funny. Tomorrow and Saturday, 8 and 10 p.m. in the Dunster House...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: THE STAGE | 4/11/1974 | See Source »

...BOOK COMES complete with Miller's homespun philosophy: "We need more Presidents who have run from fights and admit it. We must run from more fights. That's our only hope." Plain Speaking could do with more probing of Truman's personality and less banal simplicity...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: Talking with Truman | 4/10/1974 | See Source »

Sophomore year had endings as well as beginnings. An idyllic love deteriorated for reasons Stevens would not even admit to himself. For the rest of his time, he stayed away from Cliffies; a decision constantly regretted but never reversed. One scar seemed enough...

Author: By Kenneth Hoffman, | Title: In Partial Fulfillment | 4/9/1974 | See Source »

Referring to the same tape, Walter Bonner, the head of Stans' legal team, then got Dean to admit that he had told the President that no one in the White House had ever done anything to help Vesco. At the time, of course, Dean had tried-though unsuccessfully-to delay the Vesco subpoenas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: What, Never? No, Never, Never | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

When Cook was brought under crossexamination, the strong case that he had built against Stans began to weaken. Bonner got Cook to admit that he had lied about the Vesco affair to various authorities not three times, as he had testified, but seven-including four times after he had told Stans he was going to tell the truth. The defense drew from Cook the admission that he had not been indicted for any of his perjuries. Asked by Fleming if he was not lying in court to save himself from prosecution by the Government, Cook said: "I am not lying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: What, Never? No, Never, Never | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

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