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Pigeons Are Cruel. World War I came and stayed, and Tig began hitting the dips on her psychological roller coaster. Her only brother was killed, she was trapped in France, and Bogey worked overtime in a War Office job. After the war, Bogey edited a little magazine. Tig chipped in with reviews, and shuttled wearily between

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tig & Bogey | 11/5/1951 | See Source »

...converted indoor tennis court at Oyster Bay, N.Y. one night last week, the guests looked up at the big, curving cinema screen, swallowed hard and clutched for support as they seemed suddenly plunked down in the lead car of a plunging roller coaster. Next, they were surrounded by the cacophony of marchers and bands in the midst of a Fifth Avenue parade. Then they were transported to Chicago's Soldier Field at night, heard the rumbling applause swelling all around them as Douglas MacArthur's car swept into the arena under shifting beams of light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Third Dimension | 7/2/1951 | See Source »

Douglas G. Boshkoff '52 of Buffalo, N.Y. and Adams House was elected the Gold Coaster's Student Council representative last night, defeating David L. McElroy '53 by the slim margin of four votes. A forgoten ballot box delayed the voting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adams House Elects Boshkoff to Council | 12/8/1950 | See Source »

There are men who would be identified even on a roller coaster as Harvard professors. Randall Thompson '20, professor of Music, is not one of these. He is often to be seen on the roller coaster near Saunders-town, R. I., with a swarm of kids, and one would never suspect he was a ranking expert on the fugue...

Author: By Mary CHANNING Stokes, | Title: Randall Thompson | 6/5/1950 | See Source »

...Chicago forewarned-when he arrived he hurried out, hustled his pretty wife back into the plane and did not reappear until he was smeared with lipstick from forehead to chin. At week's end both men still acted as though they had found themselves a runaway roller coaster-and loved the giddy sensation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Through the Looking Glass | 5/29/1950 | See Source »

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