Word: crowning
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Princeton's win over Yale last week makes the Tigers clear favorites for the Ivy crown, but the Crimson will have its chance to down the Jerseyites at home on May 4. And today it will get a chance to pad its record in Providence against a weak (1-3 in the Ivies) Brown squad...
...buyers already are showing the influence of cheaper oil. Sales of Chevrolet's full-size Caprice and Impala models rose 12.6% during the first quarter, for ex ample, while its subcompact Chevette showed a 40.2% drop. Ford sold 25.3% more of its big Crown Victorias, and 9.8% fewer of its little Escorts. Ford is extending the life of its Victoria and Grand Marquis models, which were to have been phased out this year, and Chrysler is keeping its big New Yorker and producing large cars 16% faster than it did four months ago. Chairman Lee Iacocca, however, wants...
...Miami and the Siege of Chicago); the Apollo space program (Of a Fire on the Moon). Mailer was not content simply turning out excellent books. He gave the impression that every moment he did not spend writing was given over to self-promotion. Proclaiming himself top contender for the crown of best American writer, he easily picked off the title for most interviewed. Says Buzz Farbar, a boxing, film-making and writing crony: "I used to beg him not to go to talk shows, to be more like Updike or Salinger. But Norman loves the challenge." Through such efforts...
Based on Dorothy and DuBose Heyward's 1927 play and set in Charleston, S.C., Porgy is the story of a crippled beggar's unconquerable love for Bess, a lady of easy virtue. So strong is Porgy's passion that he kills his rival, Crown, and when Bess is whisked off to New York by the smooth-talking Sportin' Life, Porgy quixotically sets out after her in his goat cart. Porgy is a relic of the first important period in American opera, the '30s-a decade that also saw Louis Gruenberg's The Emperor Jones...
Halfbacks John Beilenson and Greg Carey led the Crimson attack Saturday, providing spark to an injury-riddled Harvard squad. The surprisingly easy win has made the ruggers the favorites for the Eastern crown...