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...addition of two years and the subtraction of ten pounds (Uncle Sam shaved off his sideburns) seem to have effected precious little difference in the Tennessee tomcat. At 25 he still looks 17, still holds his li'l ole "gweetar" at crotch level and lets the spasms run through his legs while his eyes glaze and unintelligible phrases spurt from his doll-baby mouth. Between ballads he still looks like the hero of a girl's school Hamlet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 5, 1960 | 12/5/1960 | See Source »

Petronius' story follows the happenstance progress of three impure pilgrims: the freeloader Encolpius (whose name means, roughly, "the crotch''); the effeminate boy Giton. who is Encolpius' "brother" ("frater" to Romans had a double meaning of homosexuality); and Ascyltus. who lusts after Giton. With a straight face. Petronius defended the propriety of his romance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Gutter Odyssey | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

Needed: Deodorants. Lipton describes the ectoplasmic entrance of one of his pals: "The doorbell rang again, and it was Itchy Gelden, peering in, fidgeting and scratching his crotch. 'Like I don't want to bug you man, if you're busy . . . Are we gonna blow some poetry, maybe?' . . . He shambled in, mumbling his little high-pitched murmurs, half-words, more for sound than meaning. Itchy scratched because he had no skin; he was open to the world as a turtle without a shell, sensitive to all the world's hurt and all the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mentholated Eggnog | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

Possibly the most unexpected development of the meet came at the heavy weight division, with the verdict already settled. Al Culbert calmly took down Eli Mike Schoettle and pinned him with a half-nelson and a crotch with only 2:18 gone in the first period. The rapidity and decisiveness of Culbert's pin over the Yale standout left the Elis stunned...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Wrestlers Beat Elis, 21-8 To End 22-Year Yale Jinx | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

...George McLaughlin (P) d. Paul Striker, 7-4; 137--Curt Dohan (P) d. Bob Crook, 3-0; 147--Bill Fortenbaugh (P) d. Joe Noble, 4-0; 157--Bill Macaleer (P) d. King Holmes, 2-1; 167--Bob Foster (H) pinned Ed Nell in 8:53 with half-nelson and crotch; 177--Captain Bob Gilmor (H) d. Dave Callard, 7-2; Unlimited--Captain John Hunt (P) d. Al Culbert...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Tigers Down Varsity Wrestlers On Hunt's Heavyweight Win, 15-11 | 2/25/1957 | See Source »

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