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...three hours and 37 minutes (only two days afterward, the Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that the supersonic jet could begin commercial service to Dulles International Airport this week on a 16-month trial basis). His lissomely beautiful wife Anne-Aymone was a movable feast of French high fashion, showing off no fewer than 14 Diors, Chanels, Courrèges and the like during their brief stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: From France with Much Love | 5/31/1976 | See Source »

...their knees in Naples' Gothic cathedral, faithful worshipers waited devoutly for the city's periodic miracle to occur: in early May, as on his feast day in September, the hardened blood of San Gennaro is said to liquefy inside the sealed glass vial in which it has been preserved since the saint's 4th century martyrdom. This May, however, to the dismay and alarm of the worshipers, the blood of Naples' patron saint refused to move on schedule. According to tradition, this failure occurs only when disaster is imminent. That disaster might have been the earthquake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Starting Out on a Journey of No Return | 5/17/1976 | See Source »

...room which reads, "Please don't feed the oarsmen." The sign serves two purposes. First, it reminds the rowers to stay under the prohibitory 160 pound limit and second it keeps the crew sufficiently hungry from race to race that come each weekend the Crimson lights go out and feast on whatever unsuspecting boats come their...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Lightweights Hope to Feast at Sprints | 5/14/1976 | See Source »

...ranks the feast looks just as appetizing with a boatful of Quakers and a shellful of Midshipmen shaping up to be the prime upset contenders for the Crimson...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Lightweights Hope to Feast at Sprints | 5/14/1976 | See Source »

...takes care of Lamont's Poetry Room, claims that when there's "an increase in literary activity in a community, you'll find it reflected at Harvard." Ploughshare's DeWitt Henry would rather skip the university connection altogether and suggested you could think of the event as "a moveable feast...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Odds & Ends | 5/6/1976 | See Source »

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