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...Midway through his lecture, Mendelsohn offered Inkeles an ice cream sandwich. The student explained that they were trying to prove that a class could be fun. Inkeles ate the sandwich, saying, "This is a high price to pay for initiation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soc Rel 153 Students Switch to Ice Cream | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...miles northwest of Los Angeles, home prices stretch from $28,000 to $75,000, and fewer than 20% of the people who work in Westlake's industrial park, mostly at skilled or white-collar jobs, live in town. Columbia, Md., a new town developed by the Rouse Co. midway between Bal timore and Washington, has succeeded in attracting blacks, who constitute 15% of the city's current population of 4,000; but its architecture tends to be pedestrian, and most residents still work elsewhere. Reston, Va., 18 miles west of Washington, is probably the most esthetically appealing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE CITY: STARTING FROM SCRATCH | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

Lanky Walter Johnson temporarily maintained an upper hand against Leverett's John Ballantine, using his significant reach advantage. Midway through the first round, however, Ballantine's jabs began penetrating Johnson's defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quincy House Champions In House Boxing Tourney | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

...THERE ARE OTHER things in life beside sex and booze," wails Belle Bottom midway through the first act of Bottoms Up. "Yeah, but try to name one fast," her father Rock Bottom retorts. The level of punning never gets much higher than clinkers like the protagonists' names, so you had better find a little delight in Rock's old-fashioned cynicism. And if you'll buy, even for one night, the fragile premise that liquor and screwing are the soul of a good time, the 121st Hasty Pudding Show just may seem a delight rather than a fleece...

Author: By Richard R. Edmonds, | Title: Bottoms Up | 3/4/1969 | See Source »

When Jackson appeared, midway through the opening period, Chris Gallagher had just tied the game at 19 on two free throws. Whiston's free throw put Yale back on top. Dale Dover missed a pair at the line and then Jackson took over...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Elis Drop Cagers For Tenth Defeat | 3/3/1969 | See Source »

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