Word: stadiums
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fountain of yellow paint forming a "Y" may have showered unwitting football players during tomorrow's game if University police had not uncovered yesterday a device made with fire extinguishers, rat traps, and yellow paint buried under the 50-yard line in Harvard Stadium...
First, though, a word about the upcoming Harvard-Yale game this Saturday. The word is "trouble." Here we are, the 75th anniversary of Harvard Stadium, the tenth anniversary of the fabled 29-29 tie, and the first time no league championship has been at stake for Harvard or Yale since 1971, when Bob Blackman was doing his Bud Wilkinson imitation at Dartmouth...
Mostert's report suggests that the Rhoodie brothers lived very well at government expense. In one instance, the report says, they allocated $9,200 for a private box at Pretoria's rugby stadium, ostensibly for use as a secret meeting place; only the brothers and their families ever attended a game. Deneys Rhoodie, who racked up more than 200,000 miles in government-paid travel in one six-month period, was described as billing the department for a New York-to-Los Angeles flight for the purpose of "evaluating the services of a typist...
...British gave an eminently practical birthday present: money. Westminster, which has ruled the island since 1805, signed over $20 million, half of that a no-strings grant, the other half an interest-free loan. Next in line were the French, who vowed to build a sports stadium, a jetport and a better road connecting the capital of Roseau (pop. 20,000) with the island's sole landing field, 36 jolting miles away. The U.S. anted up 250 reference volumes for the national library...
...House easily disposed of Winthrop, 16-0, while Leverett squeaked out a 7-6 victory over South House in a pair of games played behind the stadium...