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After hearing of the trip's cancellation, both men quickly packed their bags and rushed to the airport. "I waited overnight but managed to cram into a plane to Los Angeles the next morning," Cuse said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Egyptian Mistakes Cancel Crew Visit | 1/4/1979 | See Source »

...should take this new development joyfully, but cautiously. Everything can always flipflop overnight," he added...

Author: By Jill FRIED Lander, | Title: Professors Urge Cautions Optimism Towards New Relationship With China | 1/3/1979 | See Source »

People usually say they have joined the club for its reasonably priced facilities and convenient location, rather than for its social pretensions. There are eight squash courts, a small gymnasium, banquet facilities, meeting rooms, a library, a restaurant, several rooms for overnight accommodations, as well as Harvard Hall and the Grill Room, two large rooms filled with comfortable leather chairs where one can sip cocktails at any hour or just take a snooze in the wood-paneled serenity...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The New York Harvard Club: | 1/3/1979 | See Source »

Getting tickets for one of the group's eight concerts became an overnight status symbol for the Moscow establishment. As a result, most of the seats went to the privileged-members of the Communist Party, government officials and the cultural elite. Only 10% of the tickets were sold to the general public, and scalpers charged up to 200 rubles ($300) for a five-ruble ($7.50) ticket. One enterprising fan introduced himself at the box office as an aide to U.S. Ambassador Malcolm Toon and disappeared with four tickets reserved for the American embassy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOVIET UNION: Rock Arrives | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...mighty, but the New York City Opera has Beverly Sills. In 1966 she became a top star overnight, singing the coloratura role of Cleopatra in Handel's Julius Caesar. She repaid City Opera by becoming the bestselling box-office draw in its 34-year history. Last January, when Sills, 49, announced that she would end her singing career in 1980, she promised that she would stay on at City Opera?as co-director with Julius Rudel, 57, her mentor and director of the company for 21 years. Last week "Good Queen Bev," as Rudel has called her since her smashing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Crown for Good Queen Bev | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

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