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...Perelman pieces I always liked least were those in which he would take some real or imagined news release and construct an episode around it, to point out its utter absurdity, All too often the absurdity was quite evident at the outset, and the pieces were eminently predictable. Flailing dead turkeys as long as Perelman sometimes flails them gets to be pretty unfunny. Unfortunately, there are a few of these labored take-offs in The Rising Gorge...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: The Literary Satirist is Still Around | 2/24/1962 | See Source »

...city's recreation department will construct a large stage-bandstand, which during the day will be used for bathing beauty contests and other forms of entertainment, including the popular twist and limbo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fort Lauderdale Set To Welcome Annual Student Onslaught | 2/21/1962 | See Source »

Fred S. Dupree, the Washington developer who submitted the highest of four sealed bids for the Stillman site, will probably construct a high-rise apartment building on the property, thus producing considerable real estate taxes for Cambridge. Had Mount Auburn bought the land, it would have remained exempt from taxation by the City...

Author: By Bruce L. Paisner, | Title: University to Sell Stillman For Taxable Construction | 2/14/1962 | See Source »

...indicated that proposals to move Dudley House to Lehman Hall or to construct a new building on the motorcycle parking lot across from Quincy House are both basically unsatisfactory because "there is not enough room for a permanent structure...

Author: By Bruce L. Paisner, | Title: Master Asks Dudley Move Into Claverly | 2/10/1962 | See Source »

...University has, however, offered several times to construct such taxable commercial structures as a garage, an apartment house, or a bank on part of the site...

Author: By Bruce L. Paisner, | Title: McClernon Favors MTA Yard Sale | 12/19/1961 | See Source »

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