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...wonders: "How could all those people be doing all those things without his knowing about it? But the best thing to do is forgive and forget. If this had to happen, I think it will enlighten people and let them know that big old red, white and blue balloon can burst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPINION: Impeachment: Fear of the Unknown | 7/23/1973 | See Source »

...nobody likes a woman who is angry. Her male friends would shy away from her with a "she'll get over it" condescension, and their condescension would fortify her outrage. You feel ugly fighting with a shrew's snarl, though. It is like using brass knuckles on a balloon for a punching bag. And you begin to wonder if you are worth liking after...

Author: By Emily Fisher, | Title: Feminism: The Personal Struggle | 7/10/1973 | See Source »

Others suggested inflating a balloon to shade the craft, or spray painting the affected area. Eventually, NASA seemed to be settling on a different solution: the astronauts would try to shield Skylab with a tissue-thin, aluminized sail-like sheet of Mylar, a plastic film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Skylab: The $2.5 Billion Salvage | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

...Gambril] really put the air back in the balloon," Essick said yesterday of the Harvard swimming program. "And I think that with the returning lettermen and the really quality freshmen coming next year, we definitely have the potential to compete on a national level...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Ray Essick to Head Harvard Swimming | 5/22/1973 | See Source »

During Brandt's 2½-hour oration, which was interrupted 81 times by applause, convention delegates could almost hear the air hissing out of the Juso balloon. Even Roth, who was one of eight leftwingers elected to the party's 36-man executive board, admitted that he was "impressed" by Brandt's words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Waxing Roth | 4/23/1973 | See Source »

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