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...entertainment began later, as those who had already partaken danced--some of them still partaking away, dance partner clutched in one hand, champagne bottle with the other. All quite romantic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fine House | 3/13/1993 | See Source »

...bird in the small courtyard. Jim Sheppe wearing a huge leather backpack, tromping into the archway to the tune of an old German march which he is simultaneously singing and conducting in the air. Jim Sheppe convincing an audience of credulous Lowell House diners that he had once accidentally partaken of the flesh of two murdered Italian tourists in Africa. "But you know," one person concludes for the whole table. "I really like him. He's a very nice guy, very funny. He's just an--eccentric." Everyone nods...

Author: By Stephen R. Latham, | Title: Just a Little Daft | 6/10/1982 | See Source »

Today, in most parts of the country, grass is de facto legal. It is virtually impossible for a college student to go through school without having partaken of or witnessed without reporting to the police some infraction of our marijuana statutes, and yet we hardly consider ourselves criminals. Gone are the days of paranoia, complete with burning incense to hide the smell of burning grass from the proctors and tutors. They're too busy smoking to turn...

Author: By Martin B. Schwimmer, | Title: Too High for Politics | 2/24/1981 | See Source »

...year-old young adult I have partaken of many of the pleasures that the Mafia provides. So have millions of others-your readers as well. Relax. Enjoy. It's here to stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 6, 1977 | 6/6/1977 | See Source »

...Blue Oyster Cult, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Arlo Guthrie, they are truly the harbingers of autumn. It matters little whom you choose; the Pilgrims at Plymouth partook indiscriminately of foods both familiar and exotic--maize and corn, turkey and chicken-dogs; it mattered little. Having partaken of the fruits of the earth, having experienced the God-given bounties of the soil, they were renewed. And surely they fancied themselves well-girt against the cruel winter that followed. And they blessed Plymouth, and not surprisingly, they called it Plymouth Rock. Later...

Author: By Rich Weisman, | Title: ROCK | 10/14/1976 | See Source »

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