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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...derivation of "Old Mole," why strain it out of Marx? Why not much more likely in cultivated Harvard from Hamlet, Act I, Scene 5, when the Ghost beneath the platform says: "Swear." And Hamlet: "Well said, old mole! Canst work i' th' earth so fast? A worthy pioneer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 9, 1969 | 5/9/1969 | See Source »

...others who turned out to honor the Duke. Though the Nixons left at midnight, the President sternly reminded the crowd that "the night is still young." No one needed a second invitation, and before long the black-tied and begowned guests, who could hardly sit still for the fast rhythm, pushed back their gilt chairs and began dancing. The floor did not empty until 2:15 a.m. Ellington had set the pace himself in one of his songs: "Praise God with the sound of the trumpet./Praise God with the psaltery and harp/And dance, dance, dance, dance, dance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White House: Soul Night | 5/9/1969 | See Source »

...weekend is a way of life, the long lunch more and more a relic of the past. Huge supermarket chains dispense packaged, preprocessed foods at a speed?and a price?that is fast making the kitchen stockpot and the corner charcuterie obsolete. In Paris, said newspaper ads last week, 300,000 people have already seen Steve McQueen in Bullitt, and the lines are still long. A house specialty of Le Drug Store, now ten years old and still In, is an ice cream sundae with chocolate sauce and a shot of bourbon. They call the result "Coupe Old Crow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: FRANCE ENTERS A NEW ERA | 5/9/1969 | See Source »

Harvard's fast-improving tennis team moved two steps closer to a share of the EITA title last weekend with easy home victories over both Cornell and Army. But the squad faces perhaps its last serious challenge for that title today at Annapolis in an improved Navy squad...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Courtmen Defeat Big Red, Cadets | 5/5/1969 | See Source »

Harvard jumped into an early lead with a fast 43 strokes per minute at the start of the race. At the 500-meter mark the Crimson led by the three-quarters of a length; by the half-way mark Harvard had stretched its lead to a length. Going into the last 500 meters, Princeton started to falter while Yale made a strong but vain attempt to catch Harvard in the sprint...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Lights Brighten Weekend By Smashing Yale and Princeton | 5/5/1969 | See Source »

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