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...fantasy and fact in the life of Frederick William Rolfe, who died in 1913 at the age of 53 and was, to put it simply, as mad as a hatter. He disgraced himself at Oxford by going to a fancy dress ball as a raven and voiding a pint of whitewash from his tail in front of the Prince of Wales. He converted to Roman Catholicism and, in pursuit of holy orders, got himself expelled from two different seminaries for "lack of vocation." He then assumed the bogus title Baron Corvo and tried his loser's hand at painting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Plays: Paranoid as Pope | 1/17/1969 | See Source »

Harvard's participation in the program entitles all Harvard students, Faculty, and employees under Harvard Health Services to free blood when needed. A pint of blood costs about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blood Drive Aim Down 300 Pints | 12/2/1968 | See Source »

Jared K. Rossman '71 of Dudley House, dressed in white overalls and a sandwichboard reading "Poor University Students Enjoy Yogurt (P.U.S.E.Y)," began at noon to hawk pint cartons of yogurt for 28 cents. Rossman claimed local grocers purchased the yogurt in wholesale lots for 23 cents a piece while Dudley House charges 45 cents for a carton of yogurt...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Yogurt Price Protester Is Arrested | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

...takes certain skills to be a dealer," Avery said. Kids laughed; an old man, drunk, was singing World War I songs as he passed on the street. Somebody brought out a pint of mocha almond from Brigham's. "The new kids haven't had the three years training on the street," Avery said. He had fairly long, neat blond hair, a twirled mustache, and steel-rimmed glasses. He says he rarely uses drugs himself, "but I've made $1000 in the last four days...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: Boston Hips In The Off-Season | 10/23/1968 | See Source »

...Wilson loyalist, having served him as parliamentary private secretary when he was Board of Trade president from 1947 to 1951 and as a member of his Cabinet since 1964. He can use her support now more than ever before. The discontent with Wilson is ubiquitous: last week a pint-sized delegation from the under-five generation picketed No. 10 Downing Street demanding more nursery schools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: The Best Man | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

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