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...seems that big players in the Colonies were attracted to Puritan country. John Winthrop, Class of 1732, liked to be called "The Big Dawn of Religious Perfection" and the famous Wampanoag leader Squanto adopted the name Jimmy Ray ("T-Bone") Squanto, Jr. However, for some unknown reason (meteorite), country music seems to have died out completely in Massachusetts. We can only wonder what a difference it would have made in Northeastern and American history had it survived. Some possibilities I have come up with are: the Boston Massacre would be The Big Boston Whup-Ass; the Declaration of Independence would...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: Achy-Breaky Harvard | 11/4/1997 | See Source »

...together. If these dysfunctionals can be made to function in harmony, there is hope, he thinks, for a world riven by romantic discord. Well, why not? A little dollop of Here Comes Mr. Jordan or Stairway to Heaven never hurt anyone--except that these seraphs have a mean streak unknown to their more beamish movie predecessors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: IN A WAY, EXTRAORDINARY | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

Tapping into the post-Cold War paranoia of nuclear arms falling into unknown hands, this wellpaced but predictable action/suspense thriller doesn't ever stir a step beyond the demands of its genre. Nicole Kidman and George Clooney deliver competent if unremarkable performances as the nuclear scientist and independent-minded military officer who team up to save the world from the self-destructive tendenies of a Harvard-graduated loony. --Jonathan B. Dinerstein...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...Somerville resident reported that between 10 p.m. on Oct. 25 and 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 26 an unknown person removed the front window of his shop on Broadway, entered, and stole...

Author: By Courtney A. Coursey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 10/29/1997 | See Source »

When I first met Harold, I realized he was a character straight out of one of his books: brash, aggressive, generous, flamboyant. It was 1972, and I was a fairly unknown writer. Harold had read my book Sinners and liked it. He signed a copy of The Betsy, "For Jackie Collins. Beautiful authors have an advantage for openers--but when they can really write, it's positively unfair." What encouragement--I was thrilled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: HAROLD ROBBINS | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

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