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IT was heartbreaking when the Vikings lost to Washington--it was even worse when a local TV station interrupted regular programming to show the Vikings de-planing at home. Unbelievably, cheering fans waited for their team outside the airport, and barelegged cheerleaders jumped around in the freezing cold.

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: Learning to Love The Land of 10,000 Frozen Fans | 2/6/1988 | See Source »

"Welcome," he opened, "to 'Jack Paar and His Friends.' " It was virtually the only abrasive brush of the hour. "Some people," he cautioned, "expect a tearful farewell. Others expect I will take a few swings." But Jack held back both tears and hostilities. His "easy way out" was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Paar's Last Tape | 7/2/1965 | See Source »

A chorus line of 36 barelegged beauties on skates swirled in synchronized precision over the ice rink in Indianapolis' State Fairgrounds Coliseum. They wore sequined leotards and yellow-feathered headdresses, and they dipped and swooped together to the ricky-tick tempo of an 18-piece band playing Dixieland. Fireworks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disasters: The Ice Show's Finale | 11/8/1963 | See Source »

Getty boasts an even longer pedigree for his Diana, tracing it to 1655 (Rubens died in 1640), when the Marquis de Leganés. Spanish Ambassador to Brussels and a friend of Rubens', listed the work in an inventory of his collection. Getty's Rubens expert, Columbia Professor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Would Rubens Paint a Bird? | 1/12/1962 | See Source »

A crowd of 200 citizens lined up respectfully behind the rope barriers and watched as the 125-ft. yacht North Wind backed up to the quay at the thyme-scented village of Epidaurus. A tall, handsome young woman stepped from the yacht and walked the length of the pier alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Jackie in Greece | 6/16/1961 | See Source »

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