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...brief listing of its alumni will show is a great place for aspiring writers. It serves anyone who serves his own impulse. "It's like a bank vault," an old grad once told me. "A vault full of jewels. Only the guards are there to help you steal, not to drive you away...

Author: By Richard A. Rand, | Title: Creative Writing at Harvard | 5/14/1962 | See Source »

Garibaldi and Cornell's Ray Ratkowsky then commenced a real duel. Big Red threats in the fourth and sixth were erased by catcher Dick Diehl, who picked one runner off second and threw another out trying to steal third...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: Nine Tops Cornell 3-1; Ties Middies for First | 4/23/1962 | See Source »

Peasants invariably steal a few daylight hours to till their private plots for profit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communism: The Breadline Society | 3/16/1962 | See Source »

...processed through a series of New York and New England schools. Jane went to Emma Willard School in Troy, N.Y. ("It was ghastly-all girls, and that's unhealthy"), then on to Vassar. A sophisticated delinquent, she was one Vassar girl who never bought a bicycle, preferring to steal them instead. Unprepared for an exam, she filled her blue book with drawings and handed it in. The college refused to flunk her. gave her a makeup exam instead. After two years she went off to Paris, where she studied French and learned beaux' arts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hollywood: Springtime for Henry | 2/16/1962 | See Source »

...qualify for a farm loan." Doris Day is a high-powered adwoman who never gets behind in her work. They both go after the same account. Doris concentrates on the client's business; Rock pays attention to his pleasure, and he gets the account. Furious, Doris vows to steal an account from Rock-the Vip account. What she doesn't know: there is no such product as Vip. Rock made it up to please a chorus girl (Edie Adams), who swore she'd make a scandal if she couldn't make TV commercials. Released by accident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pillow Replumped | 2/16/1962 | See Source »

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