Word: magenta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Crimson began unpretentiously enough in 1873 by announcing in a simple statement of purpose: "I won't philosophize. I will be read." At that time, the paper was called The Magenta, and was published biweekly. The paper promised to obey all the canons of journalism: fairness, accuracy, objectivity...
...Magenta looked like other newspapers of its day. Articles ran in single columns and no photographs or drawings brightened the pages. The paper appeared to function as a clearinghouse for University information, and the editorial causes ranged from turning off the Yard gas lights at a later hour to more school spirit...
When the college changed the school color to crimson in 1875, The Magenta decided to change its colors as well. In May 1876, The Crimson appeared, but the new nomenclature could not disguise the basic problems of The Magenta: the paper was losing money...
...night, the same Miss M came to Boston for a one-night stand at the Music Hall. From the moment she first shimmied onto the stage in her tacky white slit-to-the-hip lamee costume and belted out her frenzied version of "Friends," she had her sparkle-studded, magenta-lipped fans by the balls. Her act--a frantic combination of boogie-woogie and early 60's "trash"--is an orgiastic experience that is uniquely Bette...
...conclude, the low price at which the Magenta is offered necessitates a large subscription-list. Let our friends remember this if they would see an enterprise flourish whose success will be, we do not say an honor, but a convenience...