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The Bat Club had a brief but illustrious history. Founded in 1949, it set up shop in 53 Mt. Auburn St. on the corner of Plympton St., and promptly got rowdy.

Author: By Marie B. Morris, | Title: Four Clubs That Didn't Survive | 11/16/1983 | See Source »

Tanaka's lawyers posted bail of $1.2 million and then, after nearly five hours before the judge, their illustrious client returned home. But Tanaka's day in court was not over. His lawyers immediately filed an appeal to the Tokyo High Court; if he is found guilty there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Dark Day for the Shadow Shogun | 10/24/1983 | See Source »

Novels with cute titles should come with a tag marked caveat emptor. The purchases, when opened, are likely to be as interesting and substantial as unfolded cocktail napkins. This year's notable exception is My Search for Warren Harding; the title represents truth in advertising. Elliot Weiner, an ambitious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Scholar-Gypsy | 7/25/1983 | See Source »

Traditionally, IBM has been so deep in talent that its alumni have gone on to staff laboratories and executive suites throughout the computer industry. "Almost everybody in the business seems to be a former IBMer," observes William Easterbrook, an ex-IBM manager in Copenhagen who now watches the computer industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Colossus That Works | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

And for Harvard, the incident would have restored prestige to the sagging reputation of the University's Commencement address. When Gen. George Marshall took the Tercentenary Theater podium in 1947, he used the occasion to announce the European recovery plan that came to bear his name. Alexsander I. Solzhenitsyn, the...

Author: By Michael W. Miller, | Title: The Man Who Wasn't There | 6/9/1983 | See Source »

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