Word: boston
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fiske, 67, nightclub raconteur-pianist, whose bawdy songs in free verse derided and titillated cafe society in the '20s and '30s, once caused the entire Albuquerque Rotary Club to walk out on him; in Manhattan. Fiske made pretentious women his special target (Queen Anne, Miss Elaine of Boston, Gretchen Goudonofi, Malaga the Grape Girl), but he was also unkind to Marc Antony ("Cleopatra thought this was so swell / She had the Fig Newtons passed around, / Which only gave Marc Antony a case of hiccups / She misconstrued this for emotion...
ALLEGHANY FIGHT is heading for showdown after compromise attempts failed. Chairman Allan P. Kirby has withdrawn offer to give Boston Financier Abraham Sonnabend a seat on Allegheny's board, will not extend a second otter to buy 200,000 shares of stock claimed by Sonnabend, and challenges him to a proxy fight. Sonnabend is mum on plans, has not yet filed statement of proxy intentions with...
...University is not considering renting Harvard Stadium to Boston's recently organized professional football team, a high Administration official said yesterday. The Corporation is expected to make an official decision at its Monday meeting...
Although aware of the Fenway Park management's policy to forbid football in its ball park, home of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, Sullivan said, "That was six years ago; people change their minds...
Saying he was as optimistic about Fenway Park as about Harvard Stadium, Sullivan will seek the baseball park next, over Boston College's Alumni Field and Boston University Field. The Manning Bowl, a stadium in suburban Lynn that seats 22,000, has also been mentioned as an available playing site...