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...they played extremely well, at that. The fact that the rapidly improving Harvard squad limited the undefeated Minutemen to just two goals--one on a freak play midway through the first half--should provide enough confidence as the Crimson begins its final run for the Ivy title and accompanying NCAA tournament...
...DOUBTFUL that any of the Democratic candidates will ride this issue so far as to run with a woman. NOW is a pragmatic political organization. Its president, Judy Goldsmith, has said that it would not support Reagan in 1984 even if he were, by some freak of fate, to run with a woman, because his policies have been perceived as chauvinist...
Every item, including the artificial snow, was donated. On the day of the party a freak storm washed out everything in a few hours. With the assistance of the studios and some good friends, Mrs. Rathbone in a few hours reorganized her party inside the Beverly Hills Hotel and still realized some $10,000 for the charity...
...desperately needed in the corn belt were causing havoc in the deserts of Southern California, Nevada and Arizona. Nine Italian tourists and their pilot were killed when a small plane crashed in a thunderstorm near the Grand Canyon. Four other people were killed in accidents related to the freak August cloudbursts in the Southwest. Among them were two motorists who were caught in flash floods that swept through San Bernardino, 65 miles east of Los Angeles. Four inches of rain fell in four hours in the desert area...
...late 20s, the "Chameleon Man," as the media called him, the country; America was, after all, one big prosperous, happy-go-lucky speakeasy nation constantly seeking diversions, Zelig--like Lindbergh or the Lindbergh trial--helped satiate their leach-like needs. He toured on freak shows. He spurred a dance craze: the Chameleon rivalled the Charleston in popularity. He triggered a host of songs (Cole Porter once wrote "You're the tops, you're Leonard Zelig--except he couldn't find anything to rhyme with Zelig). Zelig paraphenalia--ashtrays, jewelry, and general knick-knacks--cropped up and sold briskly...