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True to form, Vellucci proposed placing Army-style barracks or mobile homes in Harvard Yard as a way of dealing with the homeless problem. At other times, Vellucci has suggested that the Lampoon castle be converted into a homeless shelter and Harvard Yard be paved over as a parking...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: City Councilors Hosted At Town-Gown Dinner | 2/27/1986 | See Source »

...attempting to live with his wild girlfriend and find contentment in his own quiet way. And as the "party philosopher" at the fourth of July barbecue gives the best performance by a character without a name since Christie Brinkley played "the girl in the red Ferrari" in National Lampoon's Vacation...

Author: By Daniel B. Wroblewski, | Title: Nearly Never | 2/21/1986 | See Source »

...places in the freshman class, McLaughlin pushed the enrollment of blacks; Dartmouth now has a larger percentage of black undergraduates (9%) than any other Ivy League school. And not least, he cracked down on fraternity low- jinks that had made Dartmouth the inspiration for the caustic film National Lampoon's Animal House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Lecture From the Faculty | 2/17/1986 | See Source »

...festival features appearances by Judy Collins, Joan Kennedy, Allen Ginsberg, and Colleen Dewhurst. Apparently Gutwillig snagged a few big names without the help of trademarks like the IOP or the Lampoon...

Author: By Allison L. Jernow, | Title: One Student's Senior Project Is AIDS Benefit | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

...something as automatic as a Steven Spielberg special (last year he produced Back to the Future and The Goonies), a Sylvester Stallone sequel (Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV) or a comedy from Saturday Night Live alumni (this year's three Chevy Chase films, Fletch, National Lampoon's European Vacation and Spies Like Us, were among the dozen top grossers). As Screenwriter Robert Kaufman notes, "The studios know that one week of Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd walking into walls in Spies Like Us will gross as much as Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo during...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Backing into the Future | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

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