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...Bewitched is a difficult play, difficult to stage and difficult to watch, with its share of rough edges. It has had an enormous success d'estime at London's Aldwych Theatre, but as you could guess it's been Travesties that's been packing 'em in. And probably when the producers and the middle men sit down to decide which new plays from London are fit for American consumption, it is Travesties that will seem the more daring, seem the more avant garde, even seem the more effective comment on moral and dramatic issues. These impresarios will be wrong...

Author: By Paul K. Rowe, | Title: Triumph and Travesty | 10/3/1974 | See Source »

WRIGHT HAS ALSO made himself a favorite target of the Daily News, the country's highest circulation newspaper, which dubbed him "cut 'em loose Bruce," and unleased a continuing editorial and cartoon barrage demanding his removal from the bench...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: A Different Judge | 9/24/1974 | See Source »

...harsh disciplinarian to her seven children. "I didn't spare the rod," she says. "I whipped good. I'd get off at 10 o'clock and sometimes I'd whip the rest of the night. Sometimes I took that long to straighten 'em...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Violent Coronation in Kinshasa | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

...when he is being rubbed down after roadwork, he can actually become contemplative. "People ask me why I'm constantly talking and performing. It's because I've been blessed with showmanship. People come to see me expecting verbal contact and I give it to 'em because I like to talk. I'm not some illiterate pug. Boxing will survive without me though. The presidency has survived without Nixon. Boxing will get by without the king...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Violent Coronation in Kinshasa | 9/23/1974 | See Source »

Abandoning his Deer Lake, Pa., training camp, the ex-champ drove to nearby Reading Hospital for some inoculations before his trip to Zaire this month to fight George Foreman. "I hate 'em; let's get 'em over with," protested Ali in mock terror as he awaited his bout with the needle. The challenger endured his prophylaxis against smallpox, yellow fever and polio, then grumbled, "My fights don't take this long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 9, 1974 | 9/9/1974 | See Source »

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