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...about 100 people who gathered on the Common for frisby, free food, singing, talking, people-watching and yes, loving. Although the event was scheduled to start at noon, most people, in classic hippie style, showed up around 2 p.m. for the afternoon's festivities...

Author: By Mark N. Templeton, | Title: Love Is in the Air . . . | 5/10/1991 | See Source »

...Boston Blues Society--on WHRB at noon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Community Calendar | 4/18/1991 | See Source »

Mower is, without question, the height of convenience. Mowerites have the luxury of waking up at noon and being early for those stimulating Ec 10 lectures. Cabot Library (read pre-med study hall) is a great place to find the answers to that impossible Chem 10 problem set. Mower is next to Phillips Brooks House, which allows us to contribute several hours each day to furthering the cause of humanity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mower Hall: The Envy of the Yard | 4/13/1991 | See Source »

...grace notes occur, but hangovers and revulsion are usually the order of the day: "I feel sick, disgusted with myself, despairing and obscene. I have a drink to pull myself together at half past eleven and begin my serious drinking at half past four." And: "Evening comes or even noon and some combination of nervous tensions obscures my memories of what whiskey costs me in the way of physical and intellectual well-being. I could very easily destroy myself. It is ten o'clock now and I am thinking about the noontime snort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jack, Wrench, Hubcap, and Nuts: The intimate journals of John Cheever are full of conflicts about marriage, writing, drinking and sex | 3/18/1991 | See Source »

Even when Kuwaitis try to forget the tragedies, they cannot escape reminders of the occupation. The sky is what everyone notices first each morning. When the wind blows toward Kuwait City, the sky darkens as if a storm were moving across the plain. At times, night appears at noon. The oil fires are that horrendous. There is no electricity, the result of last-minute Iraqi sabotage. Few believe the repeated assurances that at least some electricity will return "tomorrow." Too many tomorrows have passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kuwait Chaos and Revenge | 3/18/1991 | See Source »

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