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...think he did a fine job with a tiny orchestra. But he inexplicably cut portions of the score--the prelude to "Wunderbar," for example--and slowed the tempo on several numbers to a despicable crawl. "Another Openin'. Another Show" sounded like a dirge...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Strange, Dear, But True, Dear | 11/8/1979 | See Source »

...fence-cutting. But they'll keep building Seabrook, at least until next spring when you and your affinity group come back to shut it down again. So you talk with friends, for a while and listen to the spokes meeting, and then, in a gusty 45-degree wind you crawl into your sleeping bag. The Guard are down on the railroad tracks--30 of them 20 yards away--in helmets. They don't want to talk, they just want to stand there, and you sleep. You believe now; but in a way you still...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: A Weekend at Seabrook | 10/10/1979 | See Source »

...another six. He then shadowboxes, works out with his trainer and does calisthenics before finishing up with six miles of roadwork. Some 70 offers for fights have come in so far, and Jones figures on three dozen bouts before taking on a real heavyweight contender. "You gotta crawl before you walk," he says. And if "Too Tall" never gets to stand up, there is always sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 10, 1979 | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

...gave up after being stung by a Portuguese manofwar; this time she sprayed herself with latex, "prayed to the Portuguese man-of-war god," and proceeded to finish the 89-mile swim in 27 hrs. and 38 min. Now she will pursue her other goal: the 130-mile crawl from Cuba to the Florida Keys. If she succeeds, it will be her last lap. Says Nyad: "Where do you go after that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 3, 1979 | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

Inflation, already at double-digit levels in the U.S. and climbing rapidly in many other industrial nations, will go still higher. Economic growth will slow to at best a crawl, and unemployment will grow, in the U.S. by perhaps as much as 1.4 million in the next twelve months. In short, for the second time in a decade, the threat of an OPEC-induced global slump is imminent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: What It Will Cost the U.S. | 7/9/1979 | See Source »

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