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Although the 95,000 islanders no longer eat "long pig"-the name their cannibalistic ancestors gave to human flesh-many of them are still rather remote from modern times. Tribes in some areas still use stone tools and hunt with bows and arrows. On Pentecost island, the favorite sport is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW HEBRIDES: Whither Pandemonium? | 12/9/1974 | See Source »

The only section of The Little Theater that I can imagine making people feel uncomfortable is the last one, about an old man who discovers his young wife with a lover, decides that the conventions of his village don't matter, and goes back to the village cafe with them...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg, | Title: Tales of a Grandfather | 11/26/1974 | See Source »

MCA scheduled the first election for June 1968. Francis Hayes, one of the victorious candidates and presently executive director of MCA, recalls the phenomenal interest and enthusiasm of the candidates and area residents. "People campaigned. There were speeches and parades...Five thousand people voted (out of a 16,000 total...

Author: By Bob Ullman, | Title: Cambridge: How Model a City? | 4/12/1974 | See Source »

By far the most important is the rejuvenated Liberal Party, which gained 19.3% of the popular vote and 14 seats in the House (up from eleven in the last Parliament). Party Leader Thorpe is already flexing his political muscles. After rejecting a coalition with Edward Heath's Tories, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Jeremy Thorpe & Co. | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

When the Philadelphia Orchestra finished playing The Yellow River Concerto in Peking last September, Conductor Eugene Ormandy signaled for the composer to share the bows. Out came two men and two women. To a Westerner listening to the work, the four might just as well have been Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, C...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chinese Schmalz | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

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