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...have to look too closely to notice that there are no less than five randy women draped in creamy shaving lotion on the man's smiling face. Three curvaceous nymphs are peering into his nasal hair, another, blissfully supine, is nearing a crescendo of ecstasy on his chin, and a naughty fifth, ruby lips in a pout, flashes her best "come hither" eyes...

Author: By Peter J. Howe, | Title: Change Your Existence | 4/1/1985 | See Source »

...inability, to tell a straightforward story. No more than a few pages at a time of The Snow Ball unfold in chronological sequence. Instead, there are flashbacks, flashes forward, and crosscuts from one life story to another. Gurney is a master at this counterpoint. But he provides no crescendo, no epiphany. Despite many charms, The Snow Ball melts into fond but vague memory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Revelations the Snow Ball | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...green planet, soaring as close as 50,679 miles to its cloudtops at 42,143 m.p.h., streams of new data from the craft poured into the control room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "We're quite excited," said J.P.L. Project Scientist Edward Stone. "It's the crescendo of discovery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: A Crescendo of Discovery | 2/3/1985 | See Source »

...unawed by the regimen of so many heats under so much pressure. "I'm not saying it's easy," he announced at the outset, "but it's attainable. I'm ready to roll." He won the 100-meter dash in 10.06 with his familiar finishing crescendo, over Football Players Sam Graddy of Tennessee and Ron Brown, soon of the Los Angeles Rams. So the 4 X 100-meter relay team was set, too, in this likely order: Graddy leading off, Brown the second leg, Calvin Smith the third, Lewis the anchor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Dress Rehearsal for Lewis et al. | 7/2/1984 | See Source »

...Beanpot has been the battle for local bragging rights in Boston college hockey since 1952. But the last four tournaments have marked a sort of crescendo in the early-February excitement on Causeway...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Expect the Unexpected | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

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