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...next, after this-a Polydent commurshal...for those aspiring politicos choking the sidewalks in front of the K-school, to the tune of the Rocky Horror theme song...

Author: By John P. Thompson, | Title: Musical Madness | 3/4/1987 | See Source »

...here on Taiwan a generation that calls itself Chinese and this island China. They wonder vaguely what will happen when Chiang dies when Mao dies if they will really liberate the mainland before the mainland liberates them. But the charade of free China is of limited interest to this-a generation bored with politics and jaded by propaganda. They are too busy surviving...

Author: By Thomas H. Lee jr., | Title: 'Welcome to the Republic of China' | 1/9/1973 | See Source »

...THIS fair? Bob Storer (Belmont Hill; John Hancock Life) says, "Sure, I lived in Wigglesworth and then Eliot House. We all went to prep schools and then to Harvard. Sure we all joined clubs. But I think this-a great many of us went on to become top-flight lawyers and bankers and insurance men. I don't think a lot of us have made a hell of a lot of money, but no one's broke...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: Class of '45: The Blood Runs Thin? | 6/10/1970 | See Source »

...previous attempt to do this-a French rocket launched from Brazil-was only a partial success...

Author: By Mark W. Oberle, | Title: Harvard Astronomers Prepare For Eclipse | 2/7/1970 | See Source »

...well and drinks well," he admitted jokingly in 1953, "but when I get alongside any business I go all of a tremble. I could do without smoking, but not without my liquor; that would be a sad impoverishment. It is extraordinary between night and morning that I should go like this-a bundle of old rags. I am a hulk-only breathing and excreting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Inside Winston Churchill | 5/6/1966 | See Source »

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