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Despite the whimsy of this story, sliding down bannisters remains a valid method of athletic expression. Since the advent of the two-story building, human beings have taken to their asses instead of tripping downstairs, great distance runners have borne the name "bannister" in celebration of the rival sport, and...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Weiss Up | 10/2/1974 | See Source »

Most letters to the editor favoring amnesty for draft dodgers and deserters leave the impression that all of them are men of high principle and ethics. Aren't any of them just plain goldbricks or smart asses who not only considered it clever to walk off and leave the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Sep. 30, 1974 | 9/30/1974 | See Source »

The novelist is not shy about invoking the names of such famous poetic asses (as he sees them) as Rimbaud, Keats, Shelley and Victor Hugo. In wicked parody of their legends, he kills Jaromil off at 20. The young poet attends a party one cold night and insults another writer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Handful of Lust | 8/5/1974 | See Source »

Philadelphia Flyers Coach Fred Shero has a simple formula for hockey games: "If you keep the opposition on their asses," he says, "they don't score goals." Since the opening face-off of the season, the Flyers have executed that rough-and-tumble philosophy with savage enthusiasm, sending opponents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Wild Bunch | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

Sample Distortion No. 3: Shapiro claims I said: "We expected to get our asses kicked through a tree, and we did. It was one of the most moving [?!] experiences of my life. We expected to get killed. It was like watching the dogs go after the foxes." This really wins...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WE KNEW WE WERE RIGHT | 4/27/1974 | See Source »

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