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Many would-be campers are deterred by the hazards of picking a site, finding drinkable water, sleeping on rib-gouging ground-not to mention the horrors of pitching a tent in a wind. Nowadays, however, the compleat camper can drive right up to the lakeside or forest glade where he plans to spend the night and immediately cook supper, take a shower and bunk down, regardless of the terrain or weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recreation: The In Way to Camp Out | 8/28/1964 | See Source »

...second half was more of the same, only rougher, and 20 penalties were called, 11 against the Crimson. "That's the way they treat their dates, too" a coed shuddered, as a Dartmouth stick collided with a Harvard rib cage during one melee...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: Lacrosse Team Rips Indians, 12-6; Wood, Ames, Whitney Spark Attack | 5/11/1964 | See Source »

Getting ready for the try, Olivier boomed and bellowed at the rehearsal hall's rafters until he had amplified his "rib reserve." He soaked himself in potassium permanganate, but that failed to darken him sufficiently, so he settled in the end for coal-black grease paint. He tightened the spring in his stride, explaining, "Othello should walk like a soft black panther." He practiced the curiously accented, oddly stressed speech that evoked the way some Jamaicans and Africans gush English, managing thereby to convey the way the Moor spoke Italian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater Abroad: Definitive Moor | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

Howie Durfee's bad knee, Fred Pereirn's bruised rib and a lot of tough competition limited the Crimson wrestling team to seven points and an 11th-place finish in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships this weekend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lehigh Wins Wrestlng Tourney; Harvard Picks Up Just 7 Points | 3/16/1964 | See Source »

Durfee, the Crimson's best wrestler, came up with a knee injury before the meet and didn't even make the trip to Franklin and Marshall. Pereira, who has been troubled by his rib injury for the last month, won a first-round bout from Rutgers' Ron Geisert, a strong wrestler, 10-7. But the Crimson captain wasn't up to the rugged two-match-a-day tournament routine, and lost a 12-4 decision to Cornell's Fran Ferraro...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lehigh Wins Wrestlng Tourney; Harvard Picks Up Just 7 Points | 3/16/1964 | See Source »

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