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...classmates. Concentrators in the sciences were thought to be rather "wet," and taking a laboratory course was something to be avoided, because it meant long hours of work in the late afternoon and a freezing walk back home or to one's dormitory in the winte's twilight. In our carefree approach to the whole subject of education, convenience rather than intellectual stimulus seemed to have been the basis for a good many course choices. Nine o'clocks were taboo; eleven o'clocks desirable...
Toward the end of 1919, Woodrow Wilson's health broke down and he went into a kind of exhausted twilight. He withdrew to his bedroom upstairs at the White House. He saw almost no one. Edith Wilson began receiving Cabinet members in the next room, relaying what she said were her husband's wishes. Wilson's enemies on Capitol Hill claimed that she had taken over the Administration. "Mrs. Wilson is President!" shouted Senator Albert Fall of New Mexico. "We have petticoat government...
What's that rustling in the bushes? Who are those tiny green figures scurrying through the twilight? Why did they bite that nice old lady in the kneecap? When did they start multiplying like rabid rabbits? Where will it all end? In movie theaters throughout North America, where these monster-pranksters have every intention of overrunning the opposition and leaving the Hollywood army of would-be summer smashes dazed in their wake. Ugh! Good Lord! Eek! Gasp! Aaarrrgh!. Gremlins is coming...
When the children are abed, the fair takes on a new life. Very good children should, in fact, be allowed to see the twilight transformation as 10 million light bulbs wink alive. The computerized lighting system, designed by Richard Peters, provides soft, ever changing illumination. Focal, ambient and sparkling lamps caress the roofs and walkways and bounce stars onto the river and lagoons. The lighting patterns change six times nightly and are different each night. Each evening too a different fireworks display explodes over...
...spokesman for the film makers' corporation, Luke Spielberger Ltd., said that the attractions will include a Poltergeist funhouse, a scuba dive through shark-infested waters, an American Graffiti drag strip, a Millennium Falcon journey through the Twilight Zone, an E. T. flying-bike ride and an Indiana Jones snake pit. The restaurants, or cantinas, will feature gremlins serving popcorn and candy bars. Each afternoon the Ewoks Marching Band will parade through the park playing the works of John Williams...