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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jake's on Boylston St. has a nice downstairs bar. Drinks are okay, if a bit expensive, and there's often good live folk music...

Author: By George Gershwin, | Title: Consumer's guide to the Square | 6/27/1977 | See Source »

Douglas-Kiehi Quartet--Jake...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: May 12 - May 18 | 5/12/1977 | See Source »

...destination. Rooted to the little town of Clarion, where she was born, Charlotte sees her life "rolling out in front of her like an endless, mildewed rug." What she needs, she declares, is a "wilderness course." It is provided by a deus ex machina, played by a prison escapee, Jake Simms Jr., a self-described "victim of impulse." When Simms holds up a bank, Charlotte becomes a victim of irony-a hostage without the walking shoes she has hoarded for her trip. The flight to Florida does not produce the expected liberation. Instead, Charlotte's journey is overshadowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wilderness Course | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

Engaged. E.J. ("Jake") Garn, 44, Republican Senator from Utah; and Kathleen Brewerton Bingham, 27, former wife of the Senator's administrative assistant. Garn's first wife Hazel died in an automobile accident in August; he and Bingham will wed on April 8 at the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 11, 1977 | 4/11/1977 | See Source »

...stories always required: laughs, suspense and the romantic angle. In this business these days, what looks like a bulging wad of potential often delivers about as much as a grifter's bill fold--an alluring top card that covers a bunch of hay. But in this one all the jake is up front...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Dyspepsia and Dark Alleys | 3/5/1977 | See Source »

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