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...differently from the way he decides cases-"a little on the conservative side but with dash," said one expert observer. The Americans lost the charity contest, but Stevens did pick up more than one trick. After the players were ushered into the game room by a fife-and-drum corps, Stevens joked, "I enjoyed following the pipers and will recommend to my colleagues on the Supreme Court that we change our procedures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 23, 1984 | 7/23/1984 | See Source »

...Walking Drum, L'Amour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Best Sellers: Jul. 16, 1984 | 7/16/1984 | See Source »

...taikong (coxswain) beats in a drum in tempo at the front, with an oarsman at the rear...

Author: By Richard L. Callan, | Title: Crew Team Races Dragon Boats in Hong Kong | 6/24/1984 | See Source »

...major difference is the boats, with the dragon version 43 feet long, 5 feet wide and 22 inches high. It also carries up to 24 rowers, along with a taikong(coxswain) who beats a drum in tempo and an oarsman at the rear...

Author: By Richard L. Callan, | Title: The Far Eastern sprints | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...blue (for freedom) and white (for peace) flag was hoisted in public, the flagpole snapped in two. Ciskei may not be paradise, but it is undoubtedly persistent. When the black "homeland" threw itself a raucous second-birthday party, the flagpole stood firm. As motorcycle teams, tribal dancers and drum majorettes performed in the local stadium, President Lennox Leslie Wongoma Sebe, 57, Homburg-hatted and morning-suited, cruised through the streets of Bisho, his capital city, in a black Cadillac. Then, guarded by a gang of security men in ill-fitting suits and sunglasses, Sebe led a flag-waving crowd through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: Chickens and Eggs in Ciskei | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

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