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...story line, if there is one, revolves around the frantic partying and rowdiness of the frat, Delta, and the efforts of a ruthless college dean (of Faber College, whose motto is "Knowledge is Good") and a "respectable"--frat stuffed full of putz preppies to close Delta down for good. Needless to say, much mayhem ensues, and the audience is pretty much guaranteed a good time...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: College the Way It Should Have Been | 8/7/1978 | See Source »

Prince Charles, when the Vatican refused a church wedding to Anglican Prince Michael of Kent and his Catholic bride, Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz: "It seems to be worse than folly that Christians are still arguing about doctrinal matters which can only bring needless distress to a number of people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 17, 1978 | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

...with the gas tanks in some of these Pintos that causes them to explode after a direct, though not necessarily hard, rear-end collision; this tends to fry the unlucky occupants. Late last year a California man sizzled by his Pinto won a $100-million-plus suit against Ford. Needless to say, the cars have been recalled--but apparently Ford didn't get them all. Maybe they didn't try hard enough. Maybe they did. But there are a lot of Pintos, and on Friday, two little girls in Pennsylvania died when the Pinto they were in blew up after...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Gloom and Doom on a Saturday | 7/11/1978 | See Source »

...malt shop after she has managed to tint her hair pink in beauty school. Having left Rydell High to learn how to shampoo and rinse, Frenchy is having one of those adolescent crises as to whether or not she has made the right decision by leaving school. Needless to say, her problem is hardly assuaged by a host of women with silver hair curlers and Frankie Avalon making his guest appearance as Teen Angel. Avalon tells Frenchy that she's "got the dream but not the drive. Who would want their hair done by a slob, only whores." Not only...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: The '50s Were Never Like This | 7/7/1978 | See Source »

During the summers when he was not playing golf, Paxton worked as a reporter for the Paducah Sun Democrat, the only daily in Paducah, and as a commercial writer for television station WPSD. Paxton's father is President of Paducah Newspaper Inc. which owns both enterprises. This is, needless to say, a boon for his son, who can take off from work early every day to head out for the golf course...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: The Man From Paducah | 5/16/1978 | See Source »

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