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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This is a crazy game and the Triple Crown, for which millions of dollars are bet all winter on horses that never even get to the post, is probably the craziest part of it all. There won't be a Triple Crown winner this year, and tomorrow's Belmont Stakes, the oldest, last, and longest of the three races resolves itself into one question: which horse will make it two out of three-- Proud Clarion, who beat Damascus in the third-fastest Derby in history, or Damascus, who beat Proud Clarion in the second-fastest Preakness...

Author: By Linda J. Greenhouse, | Title: Damascus Proves Experts Right; Belmont Will Make It 2 for 3 | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

...This charade has been convulsing London audiences for three months. Its co-authors are Actor-Writers John Antrobus and Terence A.P.S. ("Spike") Milligan. Spike climbed Mount Everest from the inside on BBC radio's Goon Show. He also appeared in The Running, Jumping, and Standing Still Film, the craziest movie short ever made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater Abroad: Real Gone | 5/10/1963 | See Source »

Carnival in Rio is the wildest, the biggest, the craziest mass blast in the world. There are no other contenders, say the cariocas. New Orleans' Mardi Gras? That is for the tourists. The Riviera? Fine, if you like floats. Valencia? Nice fireworks and bullfights. Fasching? Mostly indoors-besides, those Germans get conscience stricken and go home at dawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hemisphere: After the Ball | 3/8/1963 | See Source »

More Than a Fuzz Bomb. Now going into its fourth season, Naked City has the craziest production routine in show business. It is written in Hollywood, and scripts are flown to New York, sometimes a page or two at a time-while the production crew waits to find out what happens next. One man spends most of his time looking for locations that fit the scenes, such as a tenement having an open stairwell with wood banisters (for a breakaway fight scene). Another fulltime employee works overtime getting permits from city agencies, businesses and individuals. Exposed film is flown back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: On the Streets | 9/7/1962 | See Source »

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