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...tooted trumpets and danced on the top. They brought out hammers and chisels and whacked away at the hated symbol of imprisonment, knocking loose chunks of concrete and waving them triumphantly before television cameras. They spilled out into the streets of West Berlin for a champagne-spraying, horn-honking bash that continued well past dawn, into the following day and then another dawn. As the daily BZ would headline: BERLIN IS BERLIN AGAIN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archive: Freedom! The Berlin Wall | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...need to control the ball," Harvard Coach Sue Caples said. "We are a well-balanced team, and if we stick to our game plan of short passing and drawing corners, we should do well. We can't get into a `bash ball' game with the Bruins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stickwomen to Play for Title | 11/1/1989 | See Source »

Questions: How many Lampoon members contributed to the parody of Forbes which came out last month? How many members organized the extravagant $10,000 bash in honor of Malcolm Forbes himself--complete with a carnival organ, spotlights and motorcyclists...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Greed Humor | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

...story glass tower rises out of Warsaw's downtown like an intruder from another world. But it is a welcome one. The $65 million Warsaw Marriott, which is scheduled to open this week with a bash for 1,000 guests, will be the first major Western-operated hotel in Poland. Built in a joint venture with the Polish airline LOT and an Austrian construction company, the structure has 520 hotel rooms and office space for businesses. Amenities include a shopping mall, a swimming pool and satellite TV in every room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ACCOMMODATIONS Room at the Top in Warsaw | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

Lampoonery II: Ostentation may have gone out with the Reagans, but the Harvard Lampoon doesn't seem to have caught on yet. A lavish bash the other night for millionaire motorcycle aficionado Malcolm S. Forbes, which reportedly cost somewhere in the $10,000 range, featured such tuxedo-clad cast in the hundreds. Once inside the Lampy castle, Forbes and crew were feted at the head table with a lavish meal. Other guests didn't get dinner, but there were drinks and hors d'oeuvres for all. But despite the big bucks lavished on the celebration, everything did not go without...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reporter's Notebook | 10/28/1989 | See Source »

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