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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...negotiations between the University and the MTA will have much meaning unless the crucial question of taxation can be solved. If Harvard does buy the MTA Yards, the land will remain exempt from Cambridge property taxes. And although the University has offered several times to construct taxable commercial structures on half the property, sensible agreement has been hindered by a lack of mutual trust...
From descriptions by Valerie and a witness who remembered seeing an erratic driver the morning after the murder, police were able to construct likenesses of the murderer from an Identi-Kit.* Among the suspects identified was a man named James Ryan. Checking this lead, Scotland Yard found a traveling salesman in Ireland who reported that he had written some postcards to England for a near illiterate acquaintance named Jimmy Ryan. One card in particular had seemed odd; it was addressed to a Mrs. Mary Hanratty, and it began: "Dear...
Judah Stampfer, an assistant professor of English at New York State University, who should know better, has written a grievously long short-story entitled Jonah. Stampfer clearly understands how to construct English sentences; he does not, however, know when to stop. Nor does he comprehend the least thing about plotting a story...
...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...
...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...