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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...institution, a drab and dreary brick building affair, became famous when Robert Kennedy '48, then campaigning for the Senate, toured the premises in 1965 and left calling it a "snake pit." Willowbrook turned into a headline story in New York during the early part of 1972 when a local television reporter, Geraldo Rivera, did a searing expose of the inhuman conditions which prevailed dispite Kennedy's much publicized visit. The Rivera expose attracted the largest audience for a locally produced show in television history, causing some superficial and politically expedient changes to be made...

Author: By Geoffrey D. Garin, | Title: For a Friend in the Snakepit | 10/5/1973 | See Source »

...dozens of unnamed rides that promise squeals of terror. Bottle-and coin-toss games offer stuffed animals, drinking glasses and table lamps as prizes. Off to the side, barkers bellow the fascinations of a 500 look at the three-legged man, the two-headed baby and the incredible snake girl. And the burlesque show: "Come on in closer, folks. We're going to offer you some entertainment, spice-wise. Yessir, we have nudity, but we do not have filth!" The fairgoers stop to gape at the barker, but not many buy tickets. The biggest line forms at the Ferris...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: A Mecca Along the Midway | 9/10/1973 | See Source »

Evert's concentration borders on the mesmeric. Scrunching her nose and squinting her hazel eyes, she assumes a trancelike expression that rarely bespeaks the slightest emotion. Rivals have described her intensity as "almost eerie," her slit-eyed squint as "snake-like." Julie Heldman claims that Evert's poise is so great that she does not seem to sweat, much less disturb a strand of her honey brown hair. "I have never seen Chris look disheveled," says Julie, "or even pleasantly rumpled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Chris Evert: Miss Cool on the Court | 8/27/1973 | See Source »

Roomservice. Marx brothers. As funny as a snake with armpits. Harvard Square...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: the screen | 7/27/1973 | See Source »

Janos Baltar, a profoundly sinuous villain, plays the snake in Simon's Garden of Eden: the spirit of holocaust inside the sanctuary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Everyman a Jew | 7/9/1973 | See Source »

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