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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Nightcaps is for anyone who wants to go to a cabaret in old Berlin or a smokey nightclub in Paris, or for anyone who grew up on those old musicals and wants to hear them all again, while sitting in cozy dark corners, or laughing at round tables and having a good time. In this atmosphere a talented group of six singers will be belting everything from Cole Porter to Sondheim, with many spotlighted solos being crooned in between, against a white hot light. By the time the cast sings its way through its first show, the audience...
...Crimson will probably go with a starting backcourt lineup of Glenn Fine and Rich Bengel, both good ballhandlers. Cyrus Booker, a fine shooter, and team captain Gary Ackerman, a strong rebounder, will fill the forward positions. Brian Banks, a dominating force on both ends of the court, will round out the frontcourt as the Crimson center. Bob Hooft will be valuable as sixth man, spelling both guards and forwards...
...hoopsters play Detroit, coached by Dick Vitale, in the first round of the Motor City Classic over Christmas vacation. Led by bluechipper Kevin Long, the Titans are ranked 18th in the nation by SI. Detroit posted a 25-4 mark last season, the best in the school's history and defeated NCAA champ Marquette and NIT titlist St. Bonaventure en route to winning 21 consecutive games. The streak was snapped by Michigan in the NCAA tourney before the largest television audience ever to watch a sports event in the state...
...Shah, who helped spearhead the 1973-74 quadrupling of OPEC prices, recently promised Treasury Secretary W. Michael Blumenthal that he would be "neutral" at next month's OPEC price policy meeting in Caracas. Carter argued forcefully that an increase in oil prices would kick off a new round of inflation that would damage both oil consumers and producers. The President's well-rehearsed presentation impressed the Shah, who agreed to go to Caracas committed to an oil-price freeze, a view also supported by Saudi Arabia. Said the Shah, in polished if patronizing Americanese: "We decided to give...
...buying British where possible and often taking more than 50% of a factory's output-goes directly to 550 suppliers. Though some suppliers moan that the company strangles them, they know that M & S's quality controls make their goods more salable and give them secure, year-round markets...