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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...White Hen Pantry: It's a mile-long walk up Mass. Ave to this Porter Square establishment; but if it's nice out, or even better, if you have a car, the trip is worth it. The Hen--or the Green Chicken, as the faithful call it--stocks more than twice as much as most late-night stores, and it's usually fresher. While you're there, don't miss out on the open deli, where you can get a relatively good and large sandwich for relatively little money. There are also tables at which you can sit around with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge After Hours | 6/23/1985 | See Source »

Larry Scott ran into a lot of this toughness in his first singles match with Scheller Down 5-2 in the third set, the junior co-captain railed to send the set into a tie breaker-which hen won, 7-5 on a diving volley...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, | Title: Netmen Frustrate Quakers; EITA Slate Stays Perfect | 4/15/1985 | See Source »

...Tennyson's "Princess," the script tells of a princess who forswears the company of men to found that obvious oxymoron, a woman's university. Man is proclaimed "nature's sole mistake," and all things male are so despised that the maidens wake to the crowing of an "accomplished hen." Complications arise in this distaff paradise, however, when it is revealed that the Princess had been betrothed at the age of one to a Prince Hilarion (Paul Moreax...

Author: By Frances T. Ruml, | Title: Paradise Found | 12/6/1984 | See Source »

Without benefit of egg, he was born 50 years ago this week in a movie called The Wise Little Hen, and Donald Duck is still in fine feather. To celebrate the birthday, Walt Disney World near Orlando, Fla., has planned a summer-long salute to the irascible star, featuring 50, yes sir 50, real live ducks that will waddle along with Donald through the Magic Kingdom on at least three outings during the next month. Of course, it takes an odd duck to be fooled by a fellow in a funny suit. So the Disney folks painstakingly trained the Pekins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 21, 1984 | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

...really don't think we're in Kansas any more.") Dorothy will be played by Fairuza Balk, 9, a Vancouver schoolgirl who emigrated to Canada from her native California. There will be a host of new characters, including Tik Tok the robot and Billina the talking hen. Sounding already like a seasoned pro, Balk is not brought up short in the least by the prospect of filling Garland's ruby slippers. "I am Dorothy," she says. "I saw the film. Judy Garland was in one of my dreams and said to me, 'This part was mine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 26, 1984 | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

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