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...night began well for Sanders. A frenzied crowd of 4200 in Curry Hicks Cage, the former haunt of Julius "Dr. J." Erving, greeted the former Celtics forward with a standing ovation...
...Place your hand on a woman's heart and she's yours instantly," said the arrogant Greek Julius Spiridon-who was certainly devastating enough to know what he was talking about...
...want to assure you that I love you very much, and if you had been a woman, I would have considered marrying you." (In a telegram to an old adversary, Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, August...
...When Julius Caesar was the legally appointed Dictator of Rome and secure in his power, he puzzled his supporters by granting amnesty to conspirators and forbidding torture (except with his express permission) to prove how liberal a dictator he was. George Papadopoulos, sometime colonel of artillery and, since 1967, tyrant of Athens, is no latter-day Caesar. But last week, apparently feeling secure after obtaining a 78.4% majority in an unopposed "election" for an eight-year term as President of his recently proclaimed Greek republic, Papadopoulos, 54, surprised his critics with an uncharacteristic Caesarean gesture. He declared a sweeping amnesty...
Died. Gian Francesco Malipiero, 91, Italian composer of 40 operas (Julius Caesar, Metamorphoses of Bonaventura) and eight major symphonies; of a heart attack; in Treviso, Italy. A descendant of Venetian doges, Malipiero was influenced by early Italian composers like Monteverdi but was also an innovator, writing atonal music at a time when Puccini was turning out his sweetly melodic opera scores...