Word: weekends
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sleepy Hot Springs, Va., the sprawling Georgian-style Homestead was gripped with a particular excitement the weekend before last. The same little ritual takes place every fall and spring when the Business Council, composed of about 100 top corporate chieftains, gathers with the highest Government officers at the exclusive resort in what sometimes have been stormy conclaves. As General Motors Chairman Thomas Murphy puts it, the meetings are held "so we can hear Government's views, but more important, they can hear our views." Yet, as TIME Washington Correspondent George Taber observes from Hot Springs, there is also...
Council sessions at the Homestead combine the rich flavor of a country weekend at a Tara-like estate with the glorious luxury of an old-fashioned transatlantic voyage. The five-star resort has three 18-hole golf courses and 15 tennis courts. In the cavernous lobby, where half a dozen roaring fireplaces give off the gentle fragrance of burning hickory and high tea is served while a string trio plays, notices offer skeet shooting or trout fishing. There is also horseback riding or jaunts in a surrey, along with bowling, swimming and spa waters...
...Yale's second consecutive tie, coming off a 3-3 sleeper with Columbia last weekend, and an all-but-fatal blow to the Elis' Ivy title hopes. While Yale racked up 202 passing yards, the Quakers ran from the wishbone for the heavy offensive work. Penn backs Dennis Grosvenor and Kevin Blake tallying the two Penn scores...
...this weekend's biggest shocker, the steadily improving Bruins put the brakes on previously undefeated Holy Cross, humbling the men in purple on regional television...
...WEEKEND RESULTS...