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...Polish lady acrobat drop in quite literally by crashing their aeroplane into the family greenhouse. And a timid would-be gunman secrets himself in the portable Turkish bath in order to avenge his mother's honor by attacking Mr. Tarleton. The volatile Pole, Lina Szczepanowska, puts her finger on how little takes place in this English family when she accuses the Tarletons and their guests: "You seem to think of nothing but making love. All the conversation here is about love-making...

Author: By Elizabeth Samuels, | Title: Misalliance | 8/2/1974 | See Source »

Maybe my mistake was that I didn't make enough of a concerted effort to put my finger squarely on the pulse of the nation by seeking out the grassroots experience and earnest, probing conversations that would have given me the insights I was looking...

Author: By Nick Lemann, | Title: Benny Kremen's America | 7/26/1974 | See Source »

Totally Offensive. Impatiently, Gesell interrupted. "When you make a commitment in open court, you make it to me," he said, shaking a finger at St. Clair. "You broke it. I didn't think it was necessary in dealing with you to seek assurances in writing. I will determine what evidence goes to the jury, not Mr. Ehrlichman, not you, not the President." Called to the stand, Buzhardt testified that Ehrlichman's files were in Nixon's sole control and that only the President could authorize access to them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: Four Walls Close In on Nixon | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

...country, visiting hundreds of the nation's 23,000 nursing homes and speaking to patients, operators and employees. The book that resulted is a strong indictment of private cupidity, professional complicity and official indifference behind wholesale cheating of both the patient and the public. Author Mendelson points a finger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Exploiting the Aged | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...FICKLE FINGER AWARD goes to Princeton ace Scott McHenry for displaying his at the Harvard dugout as he walked off the mound...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: A Salute to the '74 Baseball Season | 5/31/1974 | See Source »

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