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...ball, the game would be played better, and the current madness might be dismissed as an eccentric fad?and boon to retailers?in a class, say, with the Hula-Hoop or Saturday-night mah-jongg. But this is the age of the ME shirt, of instant psychological replay, of backyard Zen and Women's Liberation. With characteristically passionate optimism, American men and women pursue on the tennis court such things as health and ego reinforcement, true love and sexual aggression, social status and a special vision of the good life. "Let's face it," a Westchester housewife explains. "I took...
...School of Medicine reports in the Journal of the American Medical Association that at least 192 herbs are commercially available and used for smoking, either already prepared as cigarettes or sold loose for "roll your own" and pipe addicts. Many are come-ons containing nothing stronger than backyard greenery, but Siegel has found 44% to contain psychoactive substances that can alter behavior and sometimes make the user...
Those instincts were clearly at work during the days preceding the convention. Seated at his desk in a study that overlooks a backyard swimming pool, casually dressed in slacks, sports shirt and loafers, Reagan was constantly telephoning uncommitted delegates and "soft" Ford supporters around the country. Nancy did her part, fending off nonessential calls and chatting with delegates on one line until her husband had completed a conversation on another. Like Betty Ford, Nancy is universally regarded as a campaign asset to her husband. She also participates actively in strategy discussions...
...dark hours before dawn, while his pregnant wife Crystal lies asleep, Warren Zevon struggles to compose a symphony in his backyard studio in North Hollywood. It is an ambitious undertaking for a man who by day is a successful rock songwriter. "When I was 13, I got an autograph from Igor Stravinsky," Zevon recalls. That inspired him to start teaching himself harmony and counterpoint and even to bring a few fledgling compositions to the master's home for his inspection. "When puberty hit, I turned to rock," Zevon goes on. "I could see that when the average attention span...
...made him promise to learn) and every summer to fish at a primitive hunting camp on Lake Elsie, Ontario. At home in Washington, the Mondales live quietly-Joan has been known to shoo guests out of the house at 11:30 p.m. -and the Senator loves to preside over backyard barbecues. "He's a very good cook," Joan says, "and sometimes he bakes bread." Does she as well? "Me?" she asks in disbelief. "Fritz did not marry me to write his speeches or to cook...