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...Rice Krispies and baked in the shape of a maple leaf, four whips (sent to him when he was Senate whip), a paint-by-number picture of Rin Tin Tin, and an egg laid by a hen on the day a man first walked on the moon. Elizabeth Knight of the historical society, who is attempting to make an inventory of the entire collection, says she has no idea how many items there are or what their value might...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Treasure Trove | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

...three-putted the second through sixth holes, and then took a nine on the tempestuous par-five 16th. He tried to park a three-wood on the green, but after taking a lusty rip at it, he finished up like a knight at Agincourt who has just missed connections with his mace and chain. The ball disappeared, heading due west...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Golfers Flag, Falter in Ivy Tournament | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

Give coach John Higginson credit for prophesizing about the loss to a strong Scarlet Knight eight by 6:05.7 to 6:12.3. The veteran mentor entered the affair pessimistic about the result but optimistic about what he would glean from watching his charges under...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lights Lose To Rutgers | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...most encouraging news was Harvard's awesome showing in the junior varsity contest. The jayvees demolished by ten seconds the same Knight boat that destroyed Penn's jayvees earlier in the campaign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lights Lose To Rutgers | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...passport is not the courtesy model but the one he got when he was running Carter's budget office. Passport Office staffers say Carter wanted Lance to keep his special passport because "he may be sending Lance on a diplomatic mission." That argument was not convincing to Frances Knight, the former chief of the Passport Office. "If I had been there, he would never have gotten it," she huffed. "I wouldn't have called the White House. I would have called Bert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Agent X-000065 | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

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