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...mound, Jim Colborn (20-12, 3.18 ERA) leads a crew which was bolstered by the acquisition of lefty Clyde Wright from California. In the outfield, Dave May stands out from a generally lackluster crew. In all, a fairly solid bunch. But not a division winner. Prediction: fourth...

Author: By Thomas Aronson, | Title: Tom Columns | 3/23/1974 | See Source »

...hundred pounds of beef, 400 lbs. of fish, some 100,000 lbs. of real-life Newport socialites hung with $1 million worth of Cartier carats, and a mound of butter carved into the shape of a lamb by an 80-year-old nun? A Scarlett O'Hara-style search for a movie heroine and screen tests for 75 antique automobiles? Five 40-ft. glass and steel panels removed from a New York showroom in order to put a $100,000 Rolls-Royce on display? Great Scott...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready or Not, Here comes Gatsby | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

...Mound. Minn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 28, 1974 | 1/28/1974 | See Source »

Albert at 65 has no desire for higher office. Born in an unpainted shack in McAlester, Okla., he was raised in nearby Bug Tussle (later renamed Flowery Mound), after his father abandoned coal mining to become a tenant farmer. As a student in a one-room schoolhouse, Albert developed a love of reading (chiefly history and biography). He used his $1,500 winnings as a champion high school orator to continue his education at the University of Oklahoma, where he graduated with a Phi Beta Kappa key and a Rhodes scholarship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONALITY: The Reluctant Dragoon | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

...grassy surrounding mound will block it from view, and underground passages will link it with other parts of the library complex. The $8 million structure will have three levels, most of which will be underground. A small courtyard will break the plateau near one corner...

Author: By Lewis Clayton, | Title: Construction: | 9/1/1973 | See Source »

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