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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with his every movement what a great musical comedy performer he is. Unfortunately, the depressing influence of the Literary has dimmed the euphoria with which he used to light into all those trombones. Nowadays, he resembled no one so much as Tiberius Caesar of whom Suetonius said, "he habitually wore the expression of an man straining on the stood...

Author: By Timothy S. Mayer, | Title: The Lion in Winter | 2/19/1966 | See Source »

...really unexpected Princeton wins came in the second and fourth matches. Keith Jennings, who covers a squash court more like a Pakistani than a Princetonian, wore down Harvard's Jose Gonzalez, 15-10, 2-15, 5-15, 15-10, 15-6. After losing the first game, Gonzalez pinpointed his drop shots to win the next two games by ridiculous scores...

Author: By Boisfeuillet JONES Jr., | Title: Princeton Stuns Harvard Squash Team, 5-4 | 2/10/1966 | See Source »

Burns also ran a 1:54.5 lead-off leg in the two-mile relay to spark what looked like another record-breaking performance. The quartet had a shot at the Harvard mark of 7:47.1, but Frank Haggerty, the anchor-man, wore himself out too early and jogged home with a 2:02 to round out a 7:54.1 effort...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Burns Shatters Mark for 1000; Trackmen Win | 2/7/1966 | See Source »

...William Howard, 51, better known as Dorothy Lamour, hit the road once again, this time to exotic Chicago, where she slinked into the Drake Hotel's Camellia House to try out an act sans Crosby and Hope. Far from Singapore, Zanzibar and Bali, Dottie wore shoes and a sequined gown, made it clear she's said so long to sarongs. "No more flitting around the jungle," she announced after leading a sing-along of Moonlight Bay and kissing a few pates around ringside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 28, 1966 | 1/28/1966 | See Source »

When he won a scholarship to Yale, his scarecrow clothes drew jeers. "My whole freshman year I wore brown and white shoes," he recalls. "Actually they were impractical because the white one kept getting dirty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedians: Country Boy | 1/28/1966 | See Source »

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