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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...raucous on Casino record, but compared with traditionally devout audience participation, it made a fitting "Swan Song." The house was packed for one of the few times in the manager's recollection. Box seats which usually go unsold were filled early, and when the first attractions scampered into the spotlight there was standing room only...

Author: By Russell B. Roberts, | Title: Boston Burlesque Dies With the Closing of the Casino | 5/7/1962 | See Source »

Since the SEC began probing Wall Street ten months ago, the hot glare of unfavorable publicity has focused almost entirely on the American Stock Exchange (TIME, May 26 et seq.). Last week the spotlight abruptly swung to the Amex's stern older brother, the New York Stock Exchange. After three weeks of deliberation, a federal grand jury indicted J. (for James) Truman Bidwell, 58, chairman of the board of governors of the Exchange, on the charge that he had "willfully and knowingly" evaded payment of $55,808.83 in income taxes for 1956-57. Within minutes of the announcement, Bidwell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wall Street: Under the Spotlight | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

Although often overshadowed by their flashy bigger brothers, this year's crop of freshman teams has produced some fine performances. Occasionally, the freshmen have even stolen some of the varsity's thunder, elbowing their way into the spotlight...

Author: By Richard Cotton, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/7/1962 | See Source »

Bell Telephone Hour (NBC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). Guitarist Andres Segovia and Dancers Maria Tallchief and Erik Bruhn appear with the Bell Telephone Orchestra. Eyewitness to History (CBS, 10:30-11 p.m.). Spotlight on the top news story of the week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Jan. 19, 1962 | 1/19/1962 | See Source »

...dramatize and spotlight'' his Alliance for Progress aid program, President Kennedy planned to venture into volatile Latin America this week for the first time since his inauguration. With the First Lady along, Kennedy scheduled three ports of call: San Juan, in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; then Caracas, Venezuela; then Bogotá, Colombia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Americas: Kennedy's Call | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

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