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Yesirree, a fine fire. Beautiful. Wow! There goes another chimney! Careful everyone--stand back. Watch out for the flying balcony! Good thing the new one will be made out of cement blocks and steel girders...

Author: By Faye Levine, | Title: A Solution to the Off-Campus Problem | 3/27/1964 | See Source »

...couple of lilting serenades, Ciumachella and Roma. By U.S. standards, the dance numbers are unsophisticated, but one carnival scene with masks and harle quins manages to echo commedia dell'arte. Rugantino's appeal is that it is smilingly content to woo an audience rather than wow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Roman Scamp | 2/14/1964 | See Source »

...Yalies swarmed on the field when the gun announced that Harvard was officially dead and the Ivy League title was the joint property of Dartmouth and Princeton. As the Crimson left, the large hollowed-out mole-hill that is the Bowl resounded with the primitive cry, "Bulldog, Bulldog, Bow Wow Wow!" A 'Cliffle said it was too cold to cry.LEFT; YALE'S BILL HENDERSON (40) RUNS INTO CRIMSON OPPOSITION DURING THE SECOND PERIOD, AS JOHN DOCKERY (44), JACK NEUENSCHWANDER (70), AND RICK BEIZER (26) CONVERGE ON THE ELI HALFBACK. HENDERSON'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ELI VICTORY WAS MORE THAN CONSIDERABLE...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Yale Denies Harvard Title With 20-6 Win in Bowl | 12/2/1963 | See Source »

...officials work late to "help pass the time." Out of loneliness, well, one little thing often leads to another. Single girls, attracted to Brasilia by double wages as government secretaries, find some of the fringe benefits exciting. Says one little thing: "I came to Brasilia to make contacts, and wow, am I ever making contacts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: Life on the Fly | 8/30/1963 | See Source »

When they leave, Van Dyke says: "The next time we're invited to a liter ary dinner party, will you say to me, 'Let's stay home and can some plums'?" Wow. That line gets such a laugh that even the set falls on the floor. Van Dyke does it every time. Like the night he said, "Without my thumbs I couldn't type." Or that other time, when he told his wife: "If you keep looking that good in the morning, I may have to switch to an afternoon newspaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Good Scout | 6/14/1963 | See Source »

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