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Measured against the cumbersome style of their European teammates, even minor masters of the U.S. playgrounds look like Earl Monroe. It does wonders for their confidence. "I wasn't very happy in Houston," says George Johnson, a former Rocket who now plays in Italy. "I wasn't playing my best ball. Now I feel I'm playing to my full potential...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Heroes Away From Home | 1/27/1975 | See Source »

...light of the world food shortage, what does Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz say Americans should do with their pets? What side benefit might this have...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg and Tom Lee, S | Title: The Guess-What's-Just-Around-the-Corner Quiz | 1/22/1975 | See Source »

...million. 76. Hoover, in 1928. 77. The Federal Reserve System. 78. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities Exchange Commission, and the Federal Reserve System. 79. The company was cited in oil scandals, and stock became worthless within months of Veblen's investment. 80. Nixon. 81. Earl Butz. 82. Walter Heller, former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors. 83. Time. Other magazines said much the same thing. 84. Nixon. 85. Nixon, in 1973. 86. Federal Reserve Board chairman Arthur Burns. 87. Time. 88. President Ford. 89. President Ford. 90. President Hoover. 91. The American invasionof Cambodia...

Author: By Seth M. Kupferberg and Tom Lee, S | Title: The Guess-What's-Just-Around-the-Corner Quiz | 1/22/1975 | See Source »

...deserve to share the honors for combining brilliant professional competence with the guts to say it like it is. They are Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz and General George S. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Dec. 30, 1974 | 12/30/1974 | See Source »

...greatest honors belong to the two leads. Kevin Conway informs his character with contemporary insights. His blustery tantrums never quite conceal a fear of isolation that only Lennie's undemanding presence can assuage. James Earl Jones gives the most restrained and, paradoxically, the most forceful performance of his career as Lennie. Lolling, dribbling, crushing the life out of what he loves, Jones gives his burdened oaf a soul that more than compensates for his damaged mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Brute Strength | 12/30/1974 | See Source »

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