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...pyramid after all, entirely out of glass, and then move the Afro-American Department in. But that would cost too much. Now Henry says we ought to find some way to use the land to erase his deficit. I suggested an amusement park--I thought we could use the streetcar tracks for some of the rides, and get teaching fellows and grad students to sell tickets, manage the concession stands, etc.--but Henry said we'd just get into more trouble with the unions. Henry thought maybe we could invest in a couple of fast-food franchises right there...

Author: By Fred Hiatt, | Title: Wastebasket Journalism | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

...bursting rage in Tom over the privations of his childhood," explains one of his friends. Laughlin grew up in Milwaukee; his parents were often on welfare. As a football player, he kicked his way through various Midwest colleges. It was not until he saw a production of A Streetcar Named Desire that he decided to become an actor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Two Faces of Tom | 10/6/1975 | See Source »

...affected cities and regions appear to be concerned. One reason is that the new Communist officials could scarcely be more inept than the bumbling moderates they will replace. In Turin, for instance, one official of a previous Christian Democratic administration spent large sums to lay down a set of streetcar tracks; they were immediately paved over when another official declared the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Red Rule in Fiat City | 7/28/1975 | See Source »

...began to treat the man lying at his feet, only to yield to the victim's pleas that his wife be treated first. After administering first aid to the couple, Shigeto turned his attention to the others in the immediate vicinity. Many of them were hideously burned; the streetcar stop was only a mile from ground zero, well within the "zone of death" where the fatality rate exceeded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Atomic Doctor | 4/28/1975 | See Source »

Last Tango in Paris, at 5:15 and 9:45 p.m., and A Streetcar Named Desire...

Author: By Peter Kaplan, | Title: Cambridge | 4/24/1975 | See Source »

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