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...sort of weather which made this summer England's best of the century. The pink and white blazers, the school stripped caps, and the garden-party dresses which always decorate Henley during the Regatta were for once in harmony with the climate. The redcoatted band, the funfair, and the bars were all operating at full tilt as the first shells glided past the green riverbanks to the finish in front of the Steward's Enclosure...

Author: By Bartle Bull, | Title: Crimson Eights Score Double Win at Henley; Crews Take Grand Challenge and Thames Cups | 10/24/1959 | See Source »

...readers of Grapes of Wrath who picture Oklahoma as a dusty breeding ground of hungry-eyed migrants, and for playgoers to whom Oklahoma! is a Hammerstein-Rodgers funfair of blond ballerinas and pink-cheeked cowboys, The Cherokee Strip will be an entertaining antidote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Oklahoma Boyhood | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

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