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...energy, no sense, no time, no space, no place, no people, no you; even yes is no: yes to the needle, yes to the cookery, yes to every no that has ever not been or been or however. However you can twist it, man. Embracing the nothing, the heavy caress of indifferent death...

Author: By John Leone, | Title: Last Stop. | 5/9/1969 | See Source »

Scott left the couple alone in the living room. Mildred thought what the hell and leaned her head on Nathan's shoulder. Nathan was frightened, and placed his arm around her as if to comfort rather than caress...

Author: By William L. Ripley, | Title: Choosing Fruit | 3/17/1969 | See Source »

...about love, life, death and despair that distinguish his later work. Like Goethe, who on his deathbed cried out for light, Camus also desperately searched for light. For him, it was a twofold love, intellectual and physical-the blinding flash of passionate insight into man, and the life-giving caress of the Mediterranean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Intellectual Sensualist | 11/8/1968 | See Source »

...added startler, two or three members of the cast sidle up to a girl in the audience and begin speaking words of love in her ear. The girl may be induced to lie on the floor, where the actors rub against her and caress her. At such moments, playgoers may wonder whether Dionysus was the Greek god of wine or voyeurism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Plays: Dionysus in '69 | 6/28/1968 | See Source »

...cigar clenched between my teeth, my derby tilted back, knees crossed, and my back arched at a sharp angle against the back of the chair. I'd cuss at the keyboard and then caress it with endearing words; a pianist who growls, hums, and talks to the piano is a guy who is trying hard to create something for himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jazz: Still Roaring | 7/28/1967 | See Source »

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