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Dolmen's Lament, Musical Archetypes in Irish Oral Keening Tradition--by Francis B. Corcoran, professor of Composition and Theory, Staatliche Hochscule fur Musik und dartsellende Kunst. Music Building, Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: At Harvard | 3/12/1992 | See Source »

...surprisingly, Don and Melanie didn't actually seem to know too much about the Olympics. Their pearly smiles and fur knickknacks did, however, look very nice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SETTING OF THE WEEK--CBS' COZY LIVING ROOM | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

...kickoff time, 75,000 individuals will jam the huge Bowl for the first "formal" New Haven Harvard-Yale Game since before the War. Together with their colored feathers and old fur coats, they bring traditions and memories of Mahan and Heffelfinger, Booth and Wood, Frank and Struck--great names of ten or thirty years ago. But more than that, they come anxious to bask in the spirit and participate in the festivities of the occasion; to join with the two teams in writing a new chapter in the unique legend of this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Game through The Ages | 11/23/1991 | See Source »

...humanoid, but mindless, Nancy creatures grew from play-things into nuisances and how he finally sold them to the "Acme Used Nancy Collection Service." The narrator rues his error when he learns that the Nancies end up in concentration-camp "Nancy Farms," where their "pelts" are harvested for fur coats...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: A Poignant Catalogue of Comics | 10/10/1991 | See Source »

...polar bear, following paw prints in the snow. The bear suddenly appears as a hint of movement, white against white, padding its way across the ice. The helicopter descends, hovering over the frightened creature, and a shotgun slides out the window, firing a tranquilizer dart into the massive fur-covered rump. Minutes pass. The bear shows no effects. The helicopter drops for a second shot. This time the bear stands its ground, and the pilot, fearing the animal is about to lunge for the aircraft, abruptly noses the chopper skyward. He remembers how a 9-ft. bear once swiped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Search of the Great White Bear | 9/16/1991 | See Source »

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