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A former Vice President goes ice fishing and poses with a puny perch dangling from his line. A 68-year-old Senator dons athletic shorts and runs a 60-yd. dash in a San Francisco track meet. A man who once orbited the earth turns up at a cattle show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opening the Silly Season | 2/28/1983 | See Source »

DIED. S. (for Selwyn) Kip Farrington, 78, gentleman sportsman who wrote about his hobbies of deep-sea fishing, amateur hockey and railroading in 24 books and as Field and Stream's salt-water-fishing editor for 35 years; in Southampton, N.Y.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 21, 1983 | 2/21/1983 | See Source »

Henry Matson, 62, recalls the night he strolled into a bar called the Great Alaskan Bush Co. with a $12,579.64 paycheck in his pocket. At least he remembers the beginning of the night. Matson, who had been fishing for salmon in Alaska's Bristol Bay, was looking for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: Staggering Tab | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

Tora-San is a peddler who hawks his wares at local fairs around the country. He spends the rest of his time with relatives who run a sweet shop in Tokyo's working-class Shibamata district and do little else but eat noodles, prepare to eat noodles or sit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Sequel Mania: XXX Going on L | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

For much the same uplift have people always foraged for the small, personal glimmers in the lives of the powerful. Several U.S. Presidents endeared themselves to the public through their pastimes: Ike's golf, Kennedy's touch football, Truman's piano playing. Hoover took to fishing and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Looking for Mr. Goodpov | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

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