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...outward signs, there was no indication that Northeastern would be any different. The school is so poor it couldn't afford to bring its own flag to put on top of the stadium, and their band arrived in cast-off Salvation Army uniforms. When the captains met for the coin-toss, the yearbook sent a photographer onto the field to get a picture of the event-ostensibly for display at the Monday morning assembly...

Author: By Scott W. Jacobs, | Title: Jake's Corner | 9/29/1970 | See Source »

...uprooted a parking meter and began bouncing it on the pavement, trying to break the coin box open. This was too much for the policemen waiting near the Square. Suddenly, at a signal, Mass. Ave filled with cops firing tear gas canisters...

Author: By Garrett Epps, | Title: Harvard Square: Some Fiddled, Others Burned | 9/21/1970 | See Source »

...other side of the record has about half The Songs of Experience on it The "Introduction," one of the most potentially powerful songs on the album is distorted, and many of the words made incomprehensible, by lousy singing. These are the other sides of the coin, the necessary balance to the Songs of Innocence. Here, the poet wears the mask of the wise old world sorcerer, rather than that of an ecstatic child...

Author: By John G. Simon, | Title: 'The Spirit of a Man is Raised'-Allen Ginsberg Singing Blake | 9/21/1970 | See Source »

...dime and a four-second drop, he attains momentary fame. The coin goes into the pedestrian turnstile on San Francisco's Golden Gate, at 4,200 ft. the second longest single-span suspension bridge in the world.* Since the west side is closed to foot traffic, he walks along the bridge's east flank, ignoring a magnificent view of the city. Having reached the center span, he climbs without hesitation over the waist-high guard rail and-again without hesitation-jumps. Even if he hits feet first after a 250-ft. descent, the impact velocity of about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Golden Leap | 8/24/1970 | See Source »

...speaker got up and said. "The workers of this country are gonna fight against the likes of Stokes . . . The people are tired, they are damned tired of these liberal sellouts." He received a standing ovation after that and then added, "Liberals and conservatives are two sides of the same coin...

Author: By Story STEVEN W. bussard, | Title: The Cleveland Conference: What Did It All Mean? | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

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