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...hours carousing at one of the wilder parties in the Kennebunk's rather mundane history which broke up after the state police busted it. He got in somewhat after curfew, and had a rather oppressive headache throughout the following afternoon--during which we offered up 48 points while tallying zip...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 1/25/1974 | See Source »

November 24: The Game. Who could forget that total washout (in more ways than one)? But then who would really want to remember it? Yale 35, Harvard zip...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Rock Steady | 1/22/1974 | See Source »

Sagan's enthusiasms are widely accepted in the U.S., even by people who have never heard of him. California beach blonds zip the freeways, sporting bumper stickers like: FLYING SAUCERS ARE REAL. The Gallup poll reports that 51% of the American people believe in UFOS. Even the fusty National Academy of Sciences was led recently to admit that contact with other civilizations "is no longer something beyond our dreams but a natural event in the history of mankind that will perhaps occur in the lifetime of many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Spaced Out | 1/21/1974 | See Source »

...reminiscence into the fifties. "Poison Ivy," "Charley Brown," "Yakety Yak," and "Love Potion Number Nine" were the only songs left to sing for Harvard people after the punchless Princetonians had slushed out a 10-7 upset over the Crimson. The old Harvard fight songs just didn't have much zip after that...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 11/10/1973 | See Source »

...time, student cellists were taught to bow with their arms close to their sides, even holding a book under their armpits as a method of instruction. Casals tried bowing more freely and also began experimenting with the fingering of the left hand, which in the old tradition used to zip up and down the finger board like a yoyo. The changes may seem trivial, but these techniques revolutionized both the playing of the cello and its stature as a solo instrument...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Man for All Reasons | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

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