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HARRY CROSBY, scion of a proper Boston family, had already been living a mad and extravagant life for some years when he sent this cable to his irate father. Evidently, it was beginning to pale; just a few moments after he sent the cable, Crosby, a professional eccentric and would...

Author: By Anne Strassner, | Title: Epitaph For the Sun | 9/30/1976 | See Source »

IT IS NOT the Africa of the exotic glossy photograph or even the Africa compressed into a one hour television special, but an Africa where boys grow to be men through rigorous mental and physical training, where girls stay close to home and learn from their mothers, and, where all...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Strode, | Title: African Roots | 9/29/1976 | See Source »

Exotic Chemistry. But the devices that got the most attention were those in Viking 2's biology laboratory, the small (1 cu. ft.) package designed to detect life on Mars. This week the lander is to stretch out its robot arm, scoop up a sample of Martian soil and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Looking for the Bodies | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

Helmholz has even more exotic skills to impart. He does a brisk business styling men's chest hair into shamrocks, peace signs, hearts and other shapes on request. His torso tonsures, however, are done strictly with clippers.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Brush Fires | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

Let your fingers do the walking and these days they stumble at almost every step over yoga parlors, t'ai chi ranches, Scientology centers, Subud temples, Sufi congregations, TM ashrams, Hare Krishna missions, Zen monasteries, astrology academies and tarot prophets. The flyways from East to West are dense with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ground Zero | 9/13/1976 | See Source »

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