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...WILLIAMSBURG, Va.--The official brochure describes the College of William and Mary as a "small, state University of unusual quality." The brochure also calls it the second-oldest college in the nation, but according to the William and Mary News, one of two campus weeklies at the self-proclaimed Harvard of the South, that distinction belongs to the folks up in Cambridge...
Situated a block southeast of Colonial Williamsburg and two miles from the Busch Brewery (two free samples to a customer, limit three visits weekly), William and Mary is a fascinating blend of the Ivy League and Southern brands of education...
...relished "the humor of your conversation" and toasted "the generous smile of Mrs. Reagan." A few hours later the Presidents, their wives and 92 others arrived, amid fife-and-drum fanfare, for a black-tie state dinner at the 260-year-old Royal Governor's Palace in Williamsburg, twelve miles from Yorktown. Reagan, loose and happy, spilled a wineglass; Mitterrand, somewhat less bouncy, ate what was undoubtedly his first Virginia ham biscuit...
...every lass in sight. But during his four-day visit to Washington last week, the Prince kept the flirting to a fribble. He is, after all, to marry Lady Diana Spencer, 19, this summer. Charles toured the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, took a trip to Williamsburg, Va., where he received an honorary degree from the College of William and Mary, and attended a small dinner party at the White House. During an Oval Office chat with President Ronald Reagan, the conversation quickly turned to horses, reflecting the equestrian passions of both men. The President reassured...
...League schools agreed to add a tenth game to their schedules, and "there aren't too many choices." Harvard coach Joe Restic says. Army, Navy, Air Force, maybe Tulane or Vanderbilt, but not many others. Except William and Mary, for one, and today and next year in Williamsburg, Va., the Crimson will face the Indians...