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...know exactly what a Conservative government would be like," said Wilson, "whether they succeed in various invitations to Mr. Rag, Mr. Tag and the Marquess of Bobtail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: A Tiny Victory for Harold Wilson | 10/21/1974 | See Source »

Spider John Koerner, so named because he's long and thin, is at Passim's this week, from July 17 to 21. Spider John is a local boy and a longtime veteran of the blues-jugband-rag scene around here. He hasn't been in town for a while, and deserves a warm welcome back...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MUSIC | 7/16/1974 | See Source »

Setting to work on Flying was her instinctive response to the strain-a desperate, rambling attempt at self-definition. The result is a confused rag bag of reportage, memories and confession. She describes her Irish Catholic childhood in St. Paul-her father's desertion of his wife and three daughters, the "ripe eroticism" of her convent-school days. She analyzes her intellectual and artistic development, her marriage and, above all, again and again in paralyzing detail, the sexual relationships with women that began when she was at college and still dominate her life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FLYING: Loose Upper Lib | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

Over 300 athletes competed in the Championships, which a rag-tag group of Crimson cindermen won last year. This time the Greater Boston Club was victorious with 56 points to Harvard's 17, while the Aquid Neck Island trackmen finished with 14 points. Over 20 clubs or associations were represented at the meet...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Leone Smashes Meet Record for 440 At Championships in Quincy Sunday | 6/11/1974 | See Source »

...Before I knew it, I would be fashioning a new melody and accompaniment instead of following the score," he said. Indeed he never became a virtuoso pianist; his talent was as a leader, arranger and composer. By the age of 14, he had written his first song, Soda Fountain Rag. Soon he was fronting a band that played dances and receptions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Undefeated Champ | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

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