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Their plan calls for students to be bused from Boston to some ten suburban towns, ranging from next-door Brookline to Winchester, Concord and Brain-tree. The cost of their tuition and transportation would be paid by Federal funds possibly under the Civil Rights...
...just before 1 a.m., any 1 a.m. from Monday through Saturday, and the din from the next-door Bowladrome has died away when Larry Glick climbs to the second-floor studio of Boston's WMEX ("the ever-new Wee-Mex, Home of Modern Radio"), eases himself into his chair, its torn plastic cushion oozing sponge rubber. Around him are ashtrays half-filled with cigarettes left by the daytime rock 'n' roll D.J.s. Staring at him is the control panel held together with electrical tape. On the scarred horseshoe table sits a six-line beige telephone, equipped with...
...century ago, Russia and the U.S. were next-door neighbors. Fort Ross, the southernmost outpost of Russia's vast American colony, lay only 100 miles up the California coast from San Francisco. American ships regularly anchored at New Archangel (now Sitka), a thriving capital that boasted two scientific institutes, a public library, a college, and such civilized amusements as the theater, whist parties and formal balls. Then in 1867, Russia ceded its American possession to the U.S. for $7,200,000-a price that comes to about $12 per square mile. It was the crowning irony...
...lanterns, and they were leftovers from Lunar New Year celebrations. Mourned a waiting Russian diplomat: "We told them that Kosygin would stop over here. They did not answer us." The Red Chinese inhospitality was understandable. After all, Kosygin was en route to Hanoi to court Peking's next-door satellite, North Viet...
...working title is "Does She or Doesn't She?" She doesn't, of course, and remains a brunette to the end. To get his story, Tony goes to seek her professional advice, posing as an eager but impotent husband and giving the name of his next-door neighbor (Henry Fonda). Fonda already has trouble enough trying to persuade his jealous wife (Lauren Bacall) that his presidency of the Sexy Sox company is not merely a front for habitual philandering...