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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...been giving their customers candy instead of small change. Instantly Davidson saw the punny possibilities. He turned out a saga called-what else?-"The Italian Confection." The scenario involves an economics professor named Mel Marzi (played by Henry Fondant) who comes to Rome for an International Monetary Fund meeting. En route, Marzi stops at a tobacco shop. "I'm a gumdrop in here to get some coins for the Trevi fountain," he says. Instead of a few coins, his change is a chocolate bonbon. "Nougat lire," the tobacconist explains. "Plus ca change, plus c'est la creme chose...
...En route to their win, Harvard swimmers set two Navy pool records. Dick Baughman took the 1000-free in 10:03.4, while teammate Fred Mitchell broke the 500-free record with a time...
...would like to nominate Chou En-lai for Man of the Year. He has led the Chinese people out of isolationism and into their rightful place as one of the great powers. He seems to have taken up conciliation with the West, especially...
With the hijacker's agreement, the plane ultimately took off for Reno, ostensibly a refueling stop en route to Mexico. Yet it is clear that the hijacker knew precisely what he was about. He ordered the plane to be flown at less than 10,000 ft. and at 200 m.p.h., an extremely slow cruising speed. He also ordered the rear door to be left unlocked. Of all U.S. commercial airliners, only the 727 has a door beneath the tail that would permit a reasonably safe parachute jump. Then he locked Miss Mucklow in the forward cabin with the crew...
...plump, short, silver-haired fellow, Ismaël dresses as if he were 50 or younger, wearing a fashionable black turtleneck, red corduroy shirt, hound's-tooth sports jacket with velvet collar, and snap-brim hat. In Neufchátel-en-Bray (pop. 6,000), where he lives and works in an old folks' home, Ismaël now shrugs off the snickers that greet his name. He chuckles over the judge's decree himself and says: "Her decision was ridiculous. Do I have bestiality written all over my face? After all, I'm not different...