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...ball right at his female opponent. Of bad tennis, bad sportsmanship and, above all, a bad mouth. Women who attend Gallwey's classes have no trouble recognizing the angry voice of Self 1: it is their husband. They are poor Self 2. Such descriptive phrases as "cow," "fat banana" and "pregnant elephant" can be heard on the most elegant courts. "Move your ass" appears to be a not infrequent admonition?not to mention a stream of not so sotto voce expletives, four-letter words and hectoring commands: "Run! Run!" "Hit the ball. Hit the ball!" "Up! Up!" and, maddeningly above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Sex& Tennis | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

...Jean's new role in The Moneychangers, a 6½-hour TV-movie serial, might have been easy for other reasons as well. Now cast as the wife of an overly ambitious businessman, Peters played real-life wife for 14 years to Industrialist Howard Hughes, no second banana when it came to ambition. "It's a cameo role," concedes the actress, who still collects $50,000 each year as part of her 1971 divorce settlement from Hughes. "I'm older now and not as adventurous. A small part satisfies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Religion, Sep. 6, 1976 | 9/6/1976 | See Source »

...species Homo sapiens was created when astronauts from outer space descended to earth about 10,000 years ago and copulated with apes. It was a kind of one-night stand. According to the author, the satiated aliens soon left for new worlds, leaving the seeds of civilization-and the banana...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Worlds in Collusion | 8/2/1976 | See Source »

...acting career began with a stint as TV's Chiquita Banana lady. The next time Barbara Carrera is seen peeling anything, however, it will be the clothes off her back in a new sci-fi epic titled Embryo. "I had a lot of qualms about it," she says of her nude scene with Co-Star Rock Hudson, a physician-researcher who cultivates Barbara from birth, so to speak, in his basement laboratory. In her role, the Nicaraguan-born actress grows quickly into the good doctor's lovemate, then a dope addict and finally a 120-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, May 24, 1976 | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

...Minuteman defense was forced to foul to stop the intense New York pressure, resulting in two direct kicks in three minutes for Pele. Usually one is enough for the "King," but a diving save by Harvard alumnus Shep Messing '72 on a banana shot to the far left corner made a second try necessary...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Pele, Chinaglia Lead Cosmos To 2-1 Win Over Minutemen | 5/20/1976 | See Source »

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