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Spontaneous combustion of flammable materials stored in the shop sparked the blaze, R.C. Cully, Cambridge deputy fire chief, said yesterday. An asbestos door triggered by the fire alarm system closed, preventing the flames from spreading into the adjacent room where about 100 boats are stored, Carey B. Graves, women's crew coach, said yesterday...

Author: By Paul Jefferson and Thomas J. Meyer, S | Title: Blaze Burns Weld Boathouse, Causes Little Serious Damage | 2/4/1981 | See Source »

...Richmond Crinkley the Vivian Beaumont is gambling on name-brand appeal involving such diverse talents as Woody Allen, Edward Albee and Ellis Rabb. One of the group, Sarah Caldwell. best known for staging operas, makes her Broadway directorial debut with Macbeth. While this production may not kindle a blaze of excitement it is engaging enough to pose no threat of killing off the Beaumont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Power and Lust | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

They say that anything can happen at a Beanpot. That ranks up with Watergate and Santa Claus as widespread misinformation. Things will be just as usual. Harvard won't have any more effective defensemen tonight than it did during all of January. Rick Meagher and Mike Eruzione won't blaze onto the pale blue ice, one last game of college eligibility magically remaining, and lead the Terriers to victory. Jackie Parker won't mellow...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Anything Can't Happen | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

...memories of one of the key stepping stones in Hitler's assumption of power: the fire that gutted the Reichstag (parliament) in 1933. The court declared a "miscarriage of justice" in the 1933 trial of Marinus van der Lubbe, a Dutch Communist, whom the accused of started the blaze. By blaming the fire on the Communists, the Nazis nailed down their hold on the nation. The decision last week did not specifically exonerate Van der Lubbe, who was tried by a Nazi court, found guilty and executed by beheading in 1934. Rather, the court's ruling implied that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: Shadows from the past | 1/12/1981 | See Source »

...with the prospect of being frustrated no longer. Rooms upstairs will probably be done eclectically with English antiques, Chinese vases and old favorites from their home in Pacific Palisades. Freesias are her favorite flower-purple, yellow, red. In fact, red is Nancy's favorite color and will surely blaze in the new White House decor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A First Lady of Priorities and Proprieties: Nancy Reagan | 1/5/1981 | See Source »

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