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...university reacted. Chancellor Roger Heyns, who had previously won the respect of most students, argued that residents objected to the noise and crowds. He promised in antiseptic prose to "exclude unauthorized persons from the site." One dawn last week, in came policemen and bulldozers. Up went poles for an eight-foot fence. Out went about 75 street people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Protest: The Street People | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

...other dance numbers is Shannon Thompson, a girl who can't help but ignite you spinal chord. Miss Thompson is, quite simply, the best musical comedienne Cambridge could ever hope to have. From the first time I saw her (as a stripper in Gypsy, looking something like an eight-foot tall slutty butterfly), I knew this girl could do no wrong. As Lola, the sexiest witch of all time, she grabs more laughs than anyone (including no doubt the authors), ever knew existed in the role. Even here dancing has a certain humorous, self-mocking quality...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Damn Yankees | 5/6/1969 | See Source »

Number 5 man, Paul Oldfield, had to sink an eight-foot putt to win the 18th hole and tie the match. At the last moment, his putt veered to the low side and he lost the match, one down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golf Team Ends Southern Tour With a 5-2 Defeat at Annapolis | 4/7/1969 | See Source »

...figures of puppies, kittens, grazing sheep and cows (sometimes used as milk pitchers). Today the ceramic gimcrack is coming back, this time destined as much for museums as for the coffee table, and in a radically different form. The current crop of gewgaws is more likely to be an eight-foot alligator, a toothbrush, or a bathroom scale with a few human toes still left in place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ceramics: Funky Figurines | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

...first game, Coach Dick McGuire kept Bradley on the bench until the Knicks had built up a 12-point lead over the Detroit Pistons, "so the pressure wouldn't be so great." When No. 24 quickly swished an eight-foot jump shot, the crowd went wild-and kept on cheering, even though Bradley got off some amateurish passes and showed obvious rustiness at the foul line, making only two of six free throws. Next game, against the St. Louis Hawks, Bill looked sharper, sinking eight straight baskets. Then he blew everything in the final seconds with a clumsy jump...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: And You Too, Bill | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

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