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...These lamppost vigilants, silent and deferential, were not teeny-boppers eager to squeal or fans looking for a fast autograph. As much as anything, they were all unofficial delegates of a generation acting on the truth of Springsteen's line from Thunder Road: "Show a little faith, there's magic in the night." Just at that doorstep, they found it. Growin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Backstreet Phantom of Rock | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...speeding car crashed into a lamppost on Memorial Drive near Leverett House at 2 a.m. yesterday, dragging the pole and its concrete base nearly 15 feet and totalling the $6000 BMW. The driver walked away from the accident apparently with only minor injuries...

Author: By Mark J. Penn, | Title: Celebrating the Sox | 10/23/1975 | See Source »

Check out the standings. The Mets are 23 and 32, 6 1/2 games out of first. South of the Expos and north of the Cubs, in a division where Philadelphia is out in front. Sonny Liston said he'd rather be a lamppost in Denver than mayor of Philadelphia, but this is hardly an excuse for electing Frank Rizzo. Nevertheless, Philadelphia has a batter in the top ten. The best hitter on the Mets these days is Tug McGraw...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: The Queens Comet | 6/11/1974 | See Source »

...House last December against Ford's nomination, nine came from the committee's liberal Democrats, including Rodino. For months the White House has been complaining that these devout Democrats are as prejudiced against Nixon as a lynch mob that has already tossed its rope over a lamppost. Indeed, Massachusetts' Robert F. Drinan, 53, a Jesuit priest, last July became the first Congressman to introduce a resolution calling for Nixon's impeachment. (Father Drinan recently received a message saying: "If you can't impeach him, exorcise him.") California's Jerome R. Waldie, 49, has backed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Pitfalls Of Partisanship | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

Nevertheless, seven of the 37 lamppost decorations in the area of the Square blinked yellow and green yesterday, all of them on Massachusetts Avenue. Lights in less traveled places such as Dunster and Church Streets were...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Holiday Lights Shine On Despite Energy Considerations | 12/10/1973 | See Source »

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