Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...figured anyone who was persistent enough to call from England three times deserved a ticket so we scraped one up for him," said Page...
This year over 3,000 undergraduate ticket applications were submitted, a total Page says "is a lot more than I ever remember having for an away game." Usually only a little over 2,000 undergraduates make the trek to the Yale Bowl...
...handle the reams of paperwork, Page hires three secretaries from an organization known as Cambridge Manpower to work for a week sorting applications. Bob Gantley, who last year was an offensive guard for the Crimson and now works in the ticket office, says it is students who make mistakes in ticket applications, not secretaries...
About this time of year Yale tickets are like bread in a besieged town. There are never enough to go around. Page, who has been ticket manager for 11 years, is bombarded by irate alumni dissatisfied with their seats. He points out that the only contact many alumni still have with the University is through the ticket office, so the treatment they receive often affects their willingness to donate money...
...course, catering to the needs of over 11,000 Crimson faithful who each expect a seat at the 50 yardline has its headaches, but then again the next customer at the ticket window could be Jack Lemmon, Norman Mailer, George Plimpton, Tricia Nixon Cox, or, for that matter, Arthur Drinkwater...