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Although the vault is sealed and can only be visited with permission from the head of circulation services, Edward B. Doctoroff, getting access to the collection is not all that difficult. The process is similar to that for requesting a book from the overflow collection in the New England Depository Library--without the day-long wait. Just fill out a circulation card, hand it to a circulation worker, and soon The Memoirs of an Erotic Bookseller will be in your hands. But you can only keep it until the library closes...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: From Lady Chatterley to Playboy | 6/5/1989 | See Source »

...churches often find themselves struggling along in unpromising locations. On a typical Sunday in downtown Pasadena, Calif., for example, only 80 mostly elderly worshipers attended services at the First Congregational Church, a cavernous old citadel built to hold a thousand people. The sparsely populated pews contrast dramatically with the overflow crowds that regularly jam the ultramodern Church of the Nazarene, situated on the fast-growing outskirts of town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Those Mainline Blues | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

...council Chair Kenneth E. Lee '89 was forced to adjourn the meeting early when a single protester roused the overflow crowd into a noisy demonstration...

Author: By Rebecca A. Jeschke, | Title: Council May Consider Tabling ROTC Debate | 5/3/1989 | See Source »

Dead and injured fans lay strewn across the field. After calm had been restored, Football Association officials promised a "full investigation" into the tragedy. Among the questions: Why did police fail to control the overflow crowd? And who authorized the opening of the gate? Said British Sport Minister Colin Moynihan: "This is a tragic day for sport, football and the country as a whole...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: Bedlam in the Bleachers | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

...first, I was fairly confident that the strike wouldn't affect me. I always take the Pan-Am shuttle anyway (that's where my frequent flyer miles are), and they said they were adding extra flights to accomodate the Eastern overflow. No problem...

Author: By Brian R. Hecht, | Title: Commuters Unite! | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

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