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There was a historical Dracula, however, and according to the authors of In Search of Dracula, he was a fright to believe in. The book clears him of one notable charge: by examining Rumanian, Russian, German and French folklore of the 15th century, in which Dracula figures vividly, it establishes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Vlad the Impaler | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

New Dynasty. In fact, as his players and many of his coaching peers agree, Shula has perhaps the soundest best-organized technical mind in pro football today. Studying films hour after eye-reddening hour, harping with drill-sergeant insistence on conditioning and the execution of fundamentals, Shula began to build...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miami's Unmiraculous Miracle Worker | 12/11/1972 | See Source »

Still I can't recommend the show to general audiences. For once the gap lies between a director's excellent execution and a playwright's silly intentions-which even skill can't totally transform. But those interested in theater put together by people who take the kind of chances which...

Author: By Michael Sragew, | Title: Idiots | 12/2/1972 | See Source »

The 1969 prank was probably the most elegant both in execution and in breadth of effect.

Author: By E. J. Dionne, | Title: Yale Forfeits: Harvard Triumphs in THE Game | 11/25/1972 | See Source »

The N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund, which masterminded the attack on capital punishment, is confident that its victory will stand despite the new efforts. L.D.F. Attorney Jack Himmelstein insists that Sprague's study still does not show any rational distinction between those who do and do not get death. As...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Death Rattles | 11/20/1972 | See Source »

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