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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Referring to the bid by the University to pay $1 million over the market value to buy the MTA lots on the Charles River, McNamara stated, "Cambridge is entitled to first priority on land like that, on which city loses a lot of taxes." The mayor said that the city would "make every effort" to buy the MTA land, if the Transit Authority chose to sell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mayor Claims Priority For City in MTA Sale | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

...movies, stage or television, she always knows what she wants to be. "In England,'' she says, "first they wanted to change my name. I said: 'No, thank you; I don't know who was responsible for it, but obviously they went to a lot of trouble to think it up.' " In Hollywood, she had similar trouble. "They said: 'We'll get you great parts, but first we'll spend six months grooming you.' Then somebody told me what grooming means-it means an operation on your behind, your front and your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Going Her Way | 2/9/1959 | See Source »

...Crimson wrestlers will try for their third straight win this afternoon against Columbia in New York. Last Saturday they swept over Dartmouth, 27-3, although coach Robert Pickett warned after the meet that the team still had "a lot of work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Will Seek Third Victory Today | 2/7/1959 | See Source »

...Harvard's "expansion phase" begins to level off. In addition, since it appears that the Program will not achieve its goal of $82.5 million by June, 1959, its failure is only one more reason to expect continued increases in student costs. In the words of one Administration official, a lot of students are going to have to "grin and bear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cost of Learning | 2/5/1959 | See Source »

...Touch of the Poet. Eugene O'Neill is as long-winded as ever, but it's a powerful wind that blows a lot of good in this tale of a boozing innkeeper and his crumbling illusions. With Eric Portman, Kim Stanley, Helen Hayes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA,TELEVISION,THEATER: Time Listings, Feb. 2, 1959 | 2/2/1959 | See Source »

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