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Eventually, the Pudding, becoming a bit more daring and creative, began to write its own shows and, later, music. The 1855 production of Tom Thumb setwords to music, although it remained for Owen Wister '82, to write the first real musical--the first musical comedy in the United States. It was also the first of many Pudding dishes to tour, playing Boston, New York and Philadelphia. The question of the first truly "original" Pudding show is open to debate although the Class of 1867's claim is the earliest, and hence the accepted...
Originally all Pudding shows were performed by and for Pudding Club members only. But with the later, larger productions this changed. Tom Thumb marked the first public performance of a Pudding show, although the practice didn't solidify into tradition until well after the Civil...
Israeli pilots who took part in the shooting appeared at a press conference in Tel Aviv; they were identified only as "Y" and "S." They claimed that they had flown to within 15 ft. of the Libyan jet, indicating by thumb signals that Bourges should descend and land at Bir Gifgafa airbase in Sinai. Bourges, they said, made the proper response by lowering his landing gear, and his altitude gradually dropped from 15,000 ft. to 1,500 ft. But he also indicated by hand signals that he was turning west in the direction of Cairo. When he picked...
...biweekly supplement, offers "Juicy People." W solemnly reports two ways that JPs can be recognized: "Watch a JP cut into a steak. He always makes the first cut right in the center. Get to the pleasure fast." And: "Ask your lover to fold his hands. If the left thumb overlaps the right one, he's a JP...He thinks with his heart. If the right thumb overlaps the left, he thinks with his mind. No juice." That may be great for recognizing male JPs, but inexplicably W has so far failed to inform its readers on how to recognize...
...typical Boston woman student. A 19-year-old sophomore at Emerson College, she was the youngest of five children. Her father, a pharmacist in New Jersey, was proud that his daughter wanted to become a lawyer. She enjoyed school, and nearly every morning, along with her roommate, she would thumb a ride to Emerson, approximately two miles from her Back Bay apartment. But on November 9, Reich hitchhiked alone, and her roommate never saw her again. Four days later, Reich's body was found strangled and stabbed in a closet that had been nailed shut in an abandoned Roxbury tenement...