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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 6, 1977
A Return To Summers Past |
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One burning July afternoon I trespassed in the great wooded Harrman lands in upstate New York and found a private lake.Timeless board-and-batten camps faced on the quiet water among pines and maples. One place had a boat-house, dark green, with sun flecks dancing on its walls. All the way from where I stood, behind a chainlink fence, I could hear wavelets lapping at dock pilings and gently thrumming the rusty oil drums under the sun-bleached raft.A couple of teens-agers lounged on a...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 4, 1977
'Theater Row' Is a Start At Reclaiming 42d Street |
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For as long as anybody can remember, politicians have been promising to clean up one of New York's meanest streets - West 42d Street between 6th and 8th avenues - but there is little to show for it.Mayors and mayoral candidates, posing sometimes with the symbolic broom, periodically have predicted the rebirth of the once great crosstown thoroughfare, whose reservoir of theatrical talent gave rise to the Ziefeld Follies and whose charm was immortalized in song by George M....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - July 3, 1977
A Black Heritage U.S.A. series of commemorative s |
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A Black Heritage U.S.A. series of commemorative stamps, to begin next year, has been announced by Postmaster General Benjamin F. Bailar.The series will recognize contributions of Black Americans to the growth and development of the United States, and will include both famous blacks and those whose achievements are nt yeat widely known.Harriet Tubman, well known to schoolchildren as a result of the incorporation of black history into the curricula of many schools, will be the first to...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 29, 1977
Area Awaits Metro To Realize Its Dream |
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Across Key Bridge from Georgetown sits Rosslyn, the upstart Manhattan skyline at the edge of the green trees and two-car garages of the Virginia suburbs.On Friday Morning, the Metro subway will come to Rosslyn, adding the last, long awaited major component of this born-again section of Arlington County.Eventually, say the entrepreneurs with a stake in Rosslyn's future, Metro will be the key that unlocks its potential. It will bring, they say, the life that is lacking now,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 27, 1977
A Sinful Copy of 'The Wages of Fear' |
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Like "Exorcist II" the weekend before last, "Sorcerer" opened cold this past weekend at hundreds of American theaters, including six locations in the Washington area. While history has not quite repeated itself - "Exorcist II" remains the low-water mark in big-budget losers for the time being - director William Friedkin appears to have spent upwards of three years and $17 million to fabricate a portentous but uninspired...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 17, 1977
Film Version of 'The Deep': Drip-Dry Drama Down Under |
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"The Deep," opening today at nine area theaters, is a reasonably proficient and entertaining movie version of Peter Benchley's best-selling adventure novel about treasure-diving off Bermuda. Since Benchley's previous opus was "Jaws," which was transformed by director Steven Spielberg and several inspired collaborators into a streamlined sensation, similar excitement from "The Deep." In a word,...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 14, 1977
First Lady Stresses Journey Was Her Show |
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Last week the press reports said Rosalynn Carter, touring Latin America as her husband's personal envoy, had decided - after a phone consultation with the President - to see two American missionaries who had been jailed in Brazil.The First Lady was clearly miffed by the reports, and she sent her aides to set the record straight: she had made the decision herself; she told Carter what she planned to do; and he said okay.The incident demonstrates the determination of Mrs....
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 13, 1977
New Student Amy Became a Class Leader |
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"Do you know who was at my house last night? Amy Carter said."No, who?" said Rebecca Medrano, the Spanish teacher at Stevens Elementary School."The President of Mexico," Amy replied."Did you speak to him in Spanish?""Oh yes," Amy said. "I asked him, 'Como se llama [What is your name]?'""She's...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 12, 1977
Neigbors' Unity Wins Fight Against Metro Station |
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It is a Februray morning in Washington , a leaden chill is hanging over the city, and you have just driven in from Prince George's County to the new Stadium Armory Metro station.You cannot see the station from your parking lot. In fact you cannot even see the buildings next to the Metro station, because you are about a half mile away, and as you climb out of your car with the first sleet coursing down your neck you may find yourself wondering, numbly, why?Nine years ago, in the...
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Washington Post, The (DC) - June 7, 1977
Envoy Confirmation a Breeze For Lavish Democratic Donor |
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Despite testimony charging a political payoff, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday approved the nomination of Ohio real estate developer Marvin L. Warner to be ambassador to Switzerland without asking him a single question.Sen. John Glen (D-Ohio), who received $6,870 in campaign contributions from Warner or members of his family in the past four years, praised this "ideal appointment" for a man he had highly recommended to President Carter.Sen....
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