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Fired from behind Soldiers Field, the chrysanthemum bursts and silver shells were set to music. George Plimpton '48 narrated the show on AM radio, describing each firework in the Felix Grucci collection...
Author George Plimpton, New York City's fireworks marshal, will narrate the fireworks presentation...
...prayers of the city's 350 Committee come true, it will be a clear and dark night. If so, fireworks will begin on the banks of the Charles at Harvard Square. If it's raining, Sunday is the rain date. People to watch include George Plimpton, New York's honorary fireworks marshal. And bring a transistor radio turned to WBZ AM 1030 for music as the sky lights...
...fact we should all know by now, but Burt Avedon's Ah, Men! goes into pedantic detail on the subject, using a few of his own thoughts but mostly those of a rather notable group, including Ashley Montagu, Helen Gurley Brown, Sterling Hayden, Gore Vidal, Michael Korda, George Plimpton, et al., in this dry, humorless tome. There are chapters on Growing Up, Work, Goals and Sex, and the quotes run from the noble (Plimpton: "I went to an English school in New York where we were taught that the good life was not simply a question of winning, but rather...
Moscow Bureau Chief Bruce Nelan reports that TIME'S Moscow Bureau Chief Bruce Nelan reports that TIME'S coverage of the Olympics has gone smoothly. Almost. George Plimpton, author and professional Walter Mitty, was dispatched to Moscow to write a tourist's-eye view of the host city and the Games. Writes Plimpton: "It was deemed prudent for me to maintain my cover as a tourist. TIME Sport Writer B.J. Phillips, in Moscow and accredited to cover the Games, was to be my mail drop. She said she would not be hard to spot. She had broken...