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But soon the frisbee was retrieved and the eight was on the water--eight pairs of knees bending up, eight oars gliding through the water, eight bodies pulling back, the whole thing working like a smooth, strong precision machine. The boat sped up the Charles, leaving behind Jackie Zoch who...

Author: By Natalie Wexler, | Title: We Happy Band of Sisters | 8/1/1975 | See Source »

Soothing Spirit. For centuries the Siamese survived and prospered by shrewdly gauging such realities and then bending to the prevailing wind. They alone escaped the French and British colonization that engulfed the countries of the region. Modern Thailand, as a U.S. official put it, "has assumed the lotus position in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THAILAND: Shifting Into the Lotus Position | 5/26/1975 | See Source »

When he is not twisting rims, McGinnis is usually bending other players. "I like physical contact," he says. "I like to take smaller guys inside where I know I can overpower them." When you collide with McGinnis, says Pacer Reserve Forward Darnell Hillman, "you wonder whether you've run...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Mac | 5/19/1975 | See Source »

Most of the suspense in Mandingo is generated by the unconscionable amount of time it requires for the blonde mistress of Falconhurst to invite into her bed the handsome black slave (Ken Norton) her husband purchased to improve the breeding stock down in the quarters. Until this moment we cannot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cold, Cold Ground | 5/12/1975 | See Source »

In this atmosphere, minor and major events are seen as portents. Kissinger jokingly tries on an Arab headdress in Jordan; to some Jews this symbolizes his wooing of the Arabs (and because he himself is Jewish, he is believed by some other Jews to be bending over backward to demonstrate

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN POLICY: AMERICAN JEWS AND ISRAEL | 3/10/1975 | See Source »

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