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Some fans fancied the fight, which determined the heavyweight champion of six states (New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts and Texas),* as a bitter white-black confrontation. But it was more a clash of styles: Quarry the classic, come-to-me counterpuncher v. Frazier the swarming, go-get-'em...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Boxing: Winner, and Still (Partial) Champ | 7/4/1969 | See Source »

The issue has a telling emphasis on visuals. Gone are the days (at least for the time being) when the Lampoon was staffed by good writers and otherwise cunning yuksters. The current regime is a crew of rock musicians (note the record), film-makers (the Jester-Blot saga is about...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: The Lampoon | 6/9/1969 | See Source »

Most of the rest of the cast works hard and well, too, although no one can ever quite overcome the lethargy of the non-musical scenes. David Dunton's sharp and funny portrayal of the devil, Applegate, bristles with cunning and sleek nastiness. While Don Meader's version of Joe...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Damn Yankees | 5/6/1969 | See Source »

THE WARM-UPS, exercises, games, and improvisations that Cooper has used are by no means new to the stage. His play, The Bonds of Interest, is an imitation of Comedia dell' Arte--which grew popular in Italy and France in the 16th century, and later saw such variations as Punch...

Author: By Nicholas Gagarin, | Title: Trying to Find The Ties That Bind At the Loeb | 3/20/1969 | See Source »

Aqe of Anxiety. Something very much like a hunch also drives Elaine Sturtevant, a fair, fey and fortyish Manhattan divorcee who went to Paris last year with her two small daughters and may not find it safe to come back. For she practices a kind of art that has made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trends: Statements in Paint | 2/28/1969 | See Source »

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