Word: circuit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Inside are 10,000 followers of Mammon: unworking men, grandpas, stiletto-heeled tooties, indescribables, a sprinkling of M.I.T. professors. They mill around the closed-circuit TVs. The long rows of betting windows, the hot dog and beer stands. They spill out to the open-air section by the track, concentrating most heavily by the finish wire. They wander back and forth eating popcorn, clutching the long "green"--scarecrows stuffed with money instead of straw...
...become insatiable hedonists, smoking and eating whatever can turn them on in a hurry; making love, however and with whomever they can find (including "group grope") that "feels good and doesn't hurt anybody"; saturating the senses with color and music, light and motion until, like an overloaded circuit, the mind blows into the never-never land of selflessness. The middleclass ego, to the hippie, is the jacket that makes society straight, and must be destroyed before freedom can be achieved. One East Coast hippie recently held a "funeral" for his former self. "You must follow the river inside...
...wind blast up from a screen beneath the telephone; a ghostly echo of his words may resound in the booth, or a screen descend (the idea is to make shadow pictures on it with one's free hand). Finally, a Polaroid Land camera has been hooked into the circuit; when the occupant emerges from the booth, bemused, he may be presented by the gallery attendant with a memento of the occasion: a picture of himself in foggy black and white...
Double Fault. Not even a home-court advantage figured to be much help to Olvera and Guzman when it came to playing the likes of Ashe, Cliff Richey and the U.S. doubles team of Marty Riessen and Clark Graebner-all of whom are veterans of the international circuit. Richey got the U.S. off to a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series by beating Guzman, 6-2, 2-6, 8-6, 6-4. But what happened after that was incredible. Ashe, who had not lost a single set in Davis Cup play this year, lost three...
...average cost of $50,000. To help cover the costs, they signed contracts with two commercial sponsors-Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Mobil Oil Corp. This year Mobil pulled out, leaving A.A.R. short the $300,000 it needed to mount a full-scale effort on the Grand Prix circuit...