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Word: shannons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Surprisingly, local products are often the least attractive buys of all because of local taxes-or because shrewd sellers reckon that in-transit passengers will think that a local product is obviously a bargain at any price. A quart of V.S.O.P. cognac, $5 at Ireland's Shannon airport, costs $6.30 at Paris' Orly. In Belgrade, a bottle of "Manastrika" slivovitz is $2.50 at the airport and $1.50 in town. Thousands of passengers eagerly buy watches at Swiss airports, where they are not duty-free and cost about 10% more than at downtown watchmakers. German-made cameras, tape recorders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airports: A Guide to Jet-Age Bazaars | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...center of most of the other dance numbers is Shannon Thompson, a girl who can't help but ignite you spinal chord. Miss Thompson is, quite simply, the best musical comedienne Cambridge could ever hope to have. From the first time I saw her (as a stripper in Gypsy, looking something like an eight-foot tall slutty butterfly), I knew this girl could do no wrong. As Lola, the sexiest witch of all time, she grabs more laughs than anyone (including no doubt the authors), ever knew existed in the role. Even here dancing has a certain humorous, self-mocking...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Damn Yankees | 5/6/1969 | See Source »

...dawn fire charred part of the Marine Classroom on the first floor of Shannon Hall--the ROTC building--yesterday morning. Officials suspect arson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire Hits ROTC Building; Evidence Indicates Arson | 5/6/1969 | See Source »

...April 28, Robert H. Pell, head of Harvard's Army ROTC unit, received a mimeographed letter from "The Anti-War Establishment" which said, "a group of students has become so concerned with the cancer that exists in Shannon Hall that they believe the only recourse is to burn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire Hits ROTC Building; Evidence Indicates Arson | 5/6/1969 | See Source »

...notified the University police, Dean Glimp's office, and the other ROTC units of the threat. Robert Tonis, Chief of University Police, had no comment on the letter. Archie C. Epps, assistant dean of Harvard College, said yesterday, "We did receive an unconfirmed rumor that something would happen to Shannon Hall. We considered it an unconfirmed rumor and did nothing about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fire Hits ROTC Building; Evidence Indicates Arson | 5/6/1969 | See Source »

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