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...bodies were found later side by side in a ditch next to a lonely lane. Boyce had been stabbed in the chest and genitals; he had also been shot once through the head, once through the leg, twice through the chest and several times in the arms. His fiancée had been stabbed in the chest and shot four times in the head. Her brother had difficulty identifying the body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN IRELAND: In Cold Blood | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

...start as a Tin Pan Alley song plugger, Richman won stardom in the Broadway revues of the '20s and '30s, where he introduced standards like The Birth of the Blues and It All Depends on You. One of the highest paid stars of the era, and temporary fiancé to "It Girl" Clara Bow, Richman mastered the role of playboy smoothie with his penchant for showgirls, gambling and amateur aviation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 13, 1972 | 11/13/1972 | See Source »

...Colas previously sailed Pen Duick singlehanded from Mauritius around the Cape of Good Hope to Brittany-a nonstop journey of 10,000 miles. Other jaunts included Australia to Tahiti (after Colas quit his job as a French lecturer at the University of Sydney) and Tahiti to Mauritius (with his fiancée, Teura Krause...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Man and a Boat | 7/24/1972 | See Source »

...would tickle me pink to beat one of those." Meanwhile, he can collect some plump publishing and endorsement fees (the race's official first prize is simply a 12-in. silver plate) and continue paying off the borrowed money he has sunk into Pen Duick IV. Says Fiancée Teura: "Everything has gone into the boat. So Alain had to win for our marriage, for our future, for everything. But, you see, he is not a man like other men." D'accord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Man and a Boat | 7/24/1972 | See Source »

...their ancient rituals and becoming expert billiard players. When Satoko becomes engaged, the palace discreetly passes the word that this flower of culture, versed in poetry and calligraphy, must learn to play mah-jongg because that is her future mother-in-law's favorite diversion. As for her fiancé, the Imperial Highness, his only known opinions are on Western music. When his proud mother asks him to "play some thing for us," he rises promptly and-in a parody of any child who takes music lessons -marches over to the phonograph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pennant in the Wind | 7/10/1972 | See Source »

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