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...Last week the Lions dropped their Ivy opener to Princeton 21-7, but it should be noted that the score was tied at halftime and only a fumble and a freak punt mistake deep in its own territory cost Columbia the game...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Lions Could Stall Crimson's Title Defense | 10/11/1969 | See Source »

...ward, and after on exposure, I fought to have them prevented from returning. This scheme is very insulting, painful, and inconsiderate of patients, (Something I discovered after discussing a visit by "volunteers.") First, they can always tell, immediately, an imposter, and feel they are part of a freak show: when they see students imitating the bizarre behavior which they can't control, they are shamed and rightly hurt, that they are being made...

Author: By Jerry SILBERMAN Antioch college, | Title: The Mail BOSTON STATE | 10/11/1969 | See Source »

...costly mistakes in the second half gave the Bruins six points on penalty kicks, and a freak miscue in the Crimson end zone added three more. So instead of pulling off a surprising upset. Harvard lost...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Brown Dumps Ruggers, 'C' Squad Sole Winner | 10/6/1969 | See Source »

WHEN Robert Downey was working as the "house freak" in a Madison Avenue ad agency a few years ago, an expert was paid $28,000 to come and tell the agency how to sell a particular beer. When the big day arrived, this motivational research guy came before the board and said just three words: "Beer is cock." He then collected his stash and went home-and the agency, after pondering these words of wisdom, came up with a campaign about the beer "with the five-minute head...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Downey, Truth and Soul | 10/3/1969 | See Source »

...thought I was going insane and would have to be committed. When I finally got on the jet, I really started to freak because there was no one to talk to. I really wanted to talk to someone I knew. So I just sat there gripping the seat when the hallucinations got bad. The next day I was feeling really strange. I was psychotically paranoid. I thought people were trying to kill me and that they were behind huge plots against me. When I got back to school about two weeks later, I was pretty normal except that I never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turning On: Two Views: A TeenAger's Trip | 9/26/1969 | See Source »

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