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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...jokes. But it's worth making allowances for all these things. Not only do you get an occasional gem of a character and a few priceless one-liners, but thrown in with the prices of admission are the things that make the twenties musical one of the crown jewels of the American theater--songs and dances that transcend the plot breathe life into the characters, and float the audience into a dream world where anything is believable if you want...

Author: By Natalie Wexler, | Title: What I Do, Do, Do Adore, Baby | 7/8/1975 | See Source »

After all the buildup, reported Prager, the event itself at the white and green canal authority building alongside the harbor was refreshingly short. There, 600 invited dignitaries, including Crown Prince Reza of Iran, 14, foreign ambassadors, and defense ministers and army generals of other Arab nations, occupied a ceremonial platform shaped like a pharaonic solar ship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Suez Reopening: 'Ya Sadat' | 6/16/1975 | See Source »

Dick Cash in was the 24th recipient of the William J. Bingham Award, Harvard's highest athletic honor. Cash in, a member of the U.S. National Crew Team and three-time varsity heavyweight oarsman, also won the intercollegiate B crown squash tournament this winter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Flexed Muscles in All Three Seasons | 6/12/1975 | See Source »

...robes required for entry into Moslem holy places. Elsewhere, however, there was less tourism and more talk of politics. How would Kennedy respond to a presidential draft at the Democratic Convention? asked one Iranian student. The Senator paused, reached into a pocket for his new gift from Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Fahd, and replied, "I'd get out my worry beads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 9, 1975 | 6/9/1975 | See Source »

Died. Ezzard Charles, 54, hard-luck heavyweight boxing champion from 1949 to 1951; after a seven-year bout with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a degenerative muscular disease; in Chicago. A superb tactician, Charles took the heavyweight crown from Jersey Joe Walcott in 1949, but even then he faced an uphill battle for popularity. It became steeper when he ended a comeback try, outpointing the aging Joe Louis in 15 rounds in 1950. Knocked out a year later by Walcott, Charles made several comeback attempts before slipping into obscurity and penury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 9, 1975 | 6/9/1975 | See Source »

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