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Time was when Indians used to tie the legs of a captive to separate bent saplings, then let the trees spring erect to tear the poor fellow in two. Last week modern Braves were in a legal quandary that could have the same sapling effect. Although a Georgia superior court has ordered baseball's National League Braves to play their 1966 games in Atlanta, a Wisconsin circuit court ordered the team to make plans to continue playing in Milwaukee...
From his tweeds to his twang, Saltonstall is every inch a Brahmin-the last of the Massachusetts species in high elective office. Tall and erect, with the kind of homeliness that radiates integrity, Salty is famed among Senate colleagues for the Bostonian virtues of unfailing courtesy and caution. On one occasion, when asked by a reporter for his opinion on a foreign policy issue, the taciturn Senator replied: "No comment, and that's off the record...
...EXCITEMENT. The first physiologic response is erection of the nipples, from contraction of their muscular fibers. It occurs in both breasts, though not necessarily at the same time. Second, the pattern of veins in the surface of the breasts stands out more clearly, and this may extend to the adjoining chest wall. The breasts gradually increase in size as a result of the filling-up of blood vessels. In addition, the labia minora (the vulva's inner folds) turn bright pink, a process that Dr. Masters compares biologically with changes in female monkeys' exposed "sex skin." A lubricant...
...estate, which offers larger returns for less effort than any other endeavor. The biggest key to wealth in real estate-and many other businesses-is "leverage," the ability to magnify the power and impact of a small initial investment by operating mostly on borrowed capital. A speculative builder can erect a building for 10% down, then get financing for the rest and boost his after-tax profits by deducting both his interest costs and heavy depreciation...
Crime & Punishment. There is an eleven-year gap in the legend-until 1836, when a tall stranger with a flowing beard and erect military bearing rode into the Siberian outpost of Krasnoufimsk on a white horse. He carried his right hand on his hip in the manner of the late Czar; he spoke fluent French and a kind of Russian that was half church-Slavic, half Latin; he carried an icon with the initials A.I. The peasants began to wonder if this might not be Alexander the Blessed. When the stranger, who gave his name as Fyodor Kuzmich but could...