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...woman's execution for witchcraft in 1650, a woman one historian called "one of the earliest victims to that dreadful popular delusion." As late as 1696, the selectmen of the city felt it necessary to appoint a committee of four to "have inspection into families that there be no bye drinking or any misdemeanor whereby sin is committed and persons from their houses unseasonably...
42nd Street will be remembered as the last work of Gower Champion, 59, an encapsulation of much that he did best. As a director, he had a jet pilot's sense of speed and angle of ascent. Fond memories of his Bye Bye Birdie offer abundant evidence of that. His choreography could turn from the gliding thunder of tap to the vaulting grace of a waltz without missing a step. The vitality of such 42nd Street numbers as The Shadow Waltz-done just with work lights-Lullaby of Broadway and We're in the Money ensures that this...
...played supper clubs when he was just out of high school, danced with his first wife Marge through a succession of movie musicals (Show Boat, Jupiter's Darling). Although he won his first Tony Award in 1949, Champion made his big smash as a director with Bye Bye Birdie (1960). Subsequently he did much of his most successful work on Merrick productions (Carnival!, I Do, I Do) and in 1964 gave the producer his biggest hit, Hello, Dolly!, one of the most spectacular theatrical bonanzas of all time. In return, Merrick's patronage gave Champion the chance...
...Thomas, Maryland's vice chancellor for student affairs, endorses the trend. "It's a very gentle custom," he says. When the women heard Thomas wistfully admit he had never been tucked in, they showed up at his office one afternoon with a blanket, a lullaby ("Rock-a-bye baby") and five daughterly pecks on the cheek. Maryland Student Affairs Staffer Patricia Orndorff recalls being tear-gassed and locked in her office during the more obstreperous 1960s. Of the latest fad, she says: "It's great that the students are doing nice things for a change...
...three teams wind up today's mini-schedule at 1-1, the fun carries over into tomorrow. The squads will draw for a bye into Sunday's second game, in which the lucky team will meet the winner of Sunday's first game for the title...