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Bright Widow. Nathan records Mishima's entrance into Tokyo's homo sexual world, which evidently began as a kind of professional voyeurism, the young author detachedly taking notes on the scene at a gay bar. Homosexuality sometimes figured in Mi shima's work, notably in his autobiographical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Crush on Death | 2/10/1975 | See Source »

The law in Dallas, from all appearances, had been bent on getting Stoney Burns for years. His real name is Brent Stein, but under his nom de plume he was the publisher of an underground paper, Dallas Notes. In the late '60s his weekly hassled civic leaders. The authorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JUSTICE: Getting Stoney Burns | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

Air bags are designed to inflate on impact in any crash at a speed of 12 m.p.h. or more, filling a car's front passenger compartment to hold the driver and passengers in their seats, then deflate in seconds after the impact is over. The Department of Transportation wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SAFETY: A No to Belts and Bags | 9/2/1974 | See Source »

THE NIGHT of the motorcycle ride Kenny invited me to a spare rib barbeque at Rick Stacy's trailer just up the dirt road from his place. Somebody had collected a big baggie full of mushrooms from the fields, and they were tucked in the glove compartment of an abandoned...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: A Midnight Rider and the Flyin' Florida Omelet | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

After weeks of investigation, French and U.S. officials believe that they have pinned down the cause of history's worst air disaster: the March 3 crash of a Turkish Airlines DC-10 just outside Paris that killed 346 people. An improperly sealed rear cargo door burst open in midair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SCANDALS: The Great DC-10 Mystery | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

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