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...reached the free world from Czechoslovakia -- a new capitalist in a candy store -- Evert was already the established ice maiden of tennis and the national standard of physical femininity. She set the parameters for acceptable female athleticism in the U.S., relentless but reserved, dedicated but demure. She drew the chalk line for everything in tennis and life that was ladylike, such as baselining and marrying. Navratilova stepped over the line. No, she leaped over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fire Over Ice, in Three Sets | 7/15/1985 | See Source »

...includes both recognizable classical pieces and simple recordings of nose; and lights, which either spotlight his antics or swirl around him to create confusion. In most of the skits, however, Marceau works solo on a blackened stage, clad in white ballet shoes, bodysuit and vest with a facefull of chalk...

Author: By Jennifer A. Kingston, | Title: Miming His Own Business | 3/1/1985 | See Source »

...Harvard women's basketball chalk can chalk this one up to inexperience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U Mass Pressure Beats Crimson; Crimson Drops Sixth Straight | 1/30/1985 | See Source »

...heartland, thousands of square miles, is central Texas. Bonnie and Clyde rampaged through the territory. Sam Bass, the outlaw, was gunned down in Round Rock, not far from the Santa Fe railroad. Today, Interstate 35 passes small and medium-size towns, ranches and farms. Huge trucks rumble into dusty, chalk-white depots to load crushed rock from local quarries. At intervals, as the road stretches across the land, a red, white and blue Lone-Star State flag flutters above a solitary dwelling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Texas: Wrestling with Good and Evil | 10/22/1984 | See Source »

...Himalayan height of $1.57 trillion. Without a higher debt limit, the U.S. Treasury could lose its license to borrow and have a serious cash-flow problem beginning as early as this week. That prospect is unthinkable for a free-spending Government that even by optimistic Administration projections will chalk up a deficit of $166.9 billion in fiscal 1985, which began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Beastly Question | 10/15/1984 | See Source »

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