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...Juan also tells Castaneda that a warrior must have a worthy opponent, and that Castaneda's opponent is a sorceress named La Catalina. La Catalina appeared briefly in A Separate Reality as a trap (Don Juan later admits) to ensnare Castaneda's warrior spirit. She is a formidable foe, yet she inexplicably fails to kill Castaneda when he bungles an encounter with her. As suddenly as she is brought up, La Catalina is mysteriously dropped after one chapter. For his final showdown with her, Castaneda will need an "ally," a spirit he must conquer for his personal...

Author: By Charles Allen, | Title: You Can't Go Home Again | 2/8/1973 | See Source »

...pilots have something utterly unexpected to contend with. In its latest "Notams" (Notices to Airmen), the Federal Aviation Administration has warned aircraft to keep clear of four laser experiment sites: McDonald Observatory, near Fort Davis, Texas: a Harvard observatory northwest of Boston: the University of Arizona's Catalina Observatory 20 miles northeast of Tucson: and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Mount Hopkins station 40 miles south of Tucson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: New Danger in the Sky | 3/15/1971 | See Source »

...simple matter of fuel presents another problem. A man will happily invest thousands of dollars in a boat, but turn into a pinchpenny when it comes to filling his gas tanks. In Southern California, an area that usually leads the nation in watery accidents, the island of Santa Catalina shimmers enticingly on the horizon, just 24 miles from Los Angeles. "Santa Catalina," says Coast Guard Lieut. Edward McGuire. "You can see it, and the distance seems perfect for a weekend's outing. Everybody makes a try for it, and lots fail: out of gas." In Miami, power-boatmen quickly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recreation: The Instant Mariners | 9/6/1968 | See Source »

...scene was a crowd stopper: a man in Pope's raiment was kissing a pretty young girl. But it was only Actor Anthony Quinn, 51, dressed as the fictional Pope Kiril I in the movie version of The Shoes of the Fisherman, bestowing a paternal peck on Daughter Catalina, 25, when she visited the set in Rome. That little respite notwithstanding, Quinn is living his role with fierce dedication-so much so that shooting had to be stopped two weeks because of a huge swelling of Quinn's right eye that he is convinced was psychogenic. "It used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 22, 1968 | 3/22/1968 | See Source »

...took the court recently for exhibition matches in Manhattan's Vanderbilt Tennis and Athletic Club wearing snazzy powder-blue shorts and shirt. All the other players were showing colors too-either "Match Blue," like Ashe, or "Trophy Yellow." What's more, the new Technicolor togs, manufactured by Catalina Martin, bore the endorsement: "Selected by the U.S.L.T.A. for the U.S. Davis Cup Team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Whites Are Right, But Color Is Coming | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

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