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...opening minutes of the second half. Harvard went ice-cold--not an unusual tactic this season. As the Crimson missed the basket for almost five minutes, Dartmouth captain Joe Colgan went on a spectacular scoring spree...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Big Green Drops Harvard In Agonizing 65-60 Loss | 1/17/1968 | See Source »

...they readied themselves for this week's traditional onslaught of last-minute shoppers, U.S. retailers were virtually assured of a Christmas sales record -for the 14th year in a row. Although pleased at that prospect, most store own ers are anxiously waiting to see whether the holiday spree will trigger an upsurge in consumer spending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailing: Opening the Closed Fist | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

Evil's Banality. The clues they leave behind are minimal: a few footprints and some rope with which they tied their victims. But Hickock and Smith are pathetic examples of the banality of evil. With innumerable chances to es cape capture, they start a spree of flamboyant check bouncing and petty thievery that keep them constantly on the road, from Mexico to Las Vegas to Kansas City, where the police dragnet pulls them in. In their luggage are the two pairs of boots that wallowed through the Clutters' blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Movies: Anatomy of a Murder | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

...story is much too sad to be told, For practically everything leaves me totally cold; The only exception I know is the case When I'm out on a quiet spree Fighting vainly the old ennui, And I suddenly turn and see, your fabulous face...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: Cole Porter's 'Anything Goes' | 12/1/1967 | See Source »

...Cole bent an arrow-straight G.M. tradition when he was divorced and re married. His second wife, Dollie Ann, 37, who last year presented Cole with a son (he has two children by his previous marriage), last week got a start on promotion celebrations with a shopping spree in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Executives: G.M.'s New Line-Up | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

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