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...troubled center of much of the action and judges himself. Yet that publisher's puff for a book, designated "14374-7 General Nonfiction" in the Grosset & Dunlap catalogue and titled The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, is generally accurate. Richard M. Nixon's personal recollections of his roller-coaster career are a valuable contribution to the history of his times. Only on some highly specific points, including his familiar version of Watergate events, will critics wonder if his book lives up to its classification as nonfiction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nixon's Memoirs: I Was Selfish | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...emperor gets bogged down in a cycle of sad, mournful, barely audible line-readings followed by maniacal, ear-shattering ranting and ravings. Myers fails to stress the other side of the emperor--the cool, calculating, dispassionate side. After a while, the audience feels like it is on a roller-coaster--one gets the stop-and-start effect, but it's a little difficult to enjoy the scenery. He does show potential in his final soliloquy, as well as in the last moments of the play when he risks his health by falling several feet from a platform, blood dripping from...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Tripping Through Tragedy | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

...doing a cover story on Cheryl Tiegs, you have strapped her into the roller coaster called the American media. I sincerely hope that she survives the twists and turns of that ride with all of her freshness, eroticism, beauty and sensuality intact. She is a national treasure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 27, 1978 | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

...always insist upon perfect timing, even if it means a high-speed chase through the pot-holed streets of the City. Commuting by cab is a sure-fire route to hypertension, ulcers and the inability to lace up one's own Adidas. It's kind of like the rolled coaster, whip, and bumper cars all rolled into one and set loose on the streets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rockettes' Last Gleaming | 3/23/1978 | See Source »

...loss of Hughes, though, is undeniably crucial. Jack has been the one consistent bright spot in what has otherwise been a roller coaster year behind the Harvard blue line. Now it is unlikely that last season's ECAC Rookie of the Year will recover in time for the Beanpot next month...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Another Bad Break For Hockey Team; Heel Sidelines Jack Hughes for Month | 1/12/1978 | See Source »

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