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Indeed, in 1967 'Fitz' joined Harvard's most elite social organization, but membership in the Society is not based on a prep school background or a closet full of L.L. Bean boots. Fitzsimmons was automatically elected by virtue of the sole criterion involved--a stint in the twines as a Harvard hockey goaltender...

Author: By Jon Ledecky, | Title: Canterbury Tales: | 2/8/1979 | See Source »

...focus facts. The breakfast (paper plate, plastic knife and fork) is at the Kountry Korner Restaurant. I've been advised that a trace of old Plains may be found here. And here indeed is more than a trace: eight middle-aged farmers at one long table talking land, bean planting, the future of Taiwan ("You think the Taiwans got a word to say about it? Think 1 billion can't take 17 million any day they want to?" One man just says, "Viet Nam," ending that), and crime in the county (a man has been shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Strong Old Rhythms of Plains | 2/5/1979 | See Source »

November 3, 1970. I spent two and a half hours tonight trying to figure out how to apply for tickets to the Yale football game. (Note: that's how a sophomore talks: "the Yale football game." Later, after purchasing my first chamois shirt from L.L. Bean's and generally getting "with it," I too learned to call it The Game...

Author: By Joseph D. Bertagna, | Title: Ten Historic Moments for the Harvard Athlete | 1/17/1979 | See Source »

...husband in New York's Westchester County presented his startled family with a gift-wrapped sack of long johns from Maine's L.L. Bean, plus a chain saw so that the boys could provide wood for a warming fireplace to keep the Arabs at bay. The greatest yields from the Sears, Roebuck catalogue were in home improvement lines (tools, paints, fixtures), home furnishings (bedspreads were big) and save-work appliances like a microwave oven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Gifts by Mail | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

...Chung in San Francisco five years ago, and almost immediately won national acclaim. In his Hunan Style Chinese Cookbook (Harmony Books; 145 pages; $10), Chung relates charming anecdotes from his native Li-ling county and introduces many worthy dishes, notably hot and sour chicken, fried asparagus in hot black bean sauce and, for breakfast, steamed thin-sliced pork with fermented black beans. Ni hao, Mr. Chung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An International Bill of Fare | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

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