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...occasion, McCloskey's hot Irish temper has proved a match for Kissinger's shouting, fist-slamming outbursts. That undiplomatic trait may stand McCloskey in good stead when he tries to tell his boss a thing or two about dealing with a Congress that is determined, as they say on the Hill, to be in on the takeoffs of U.S. foreign policy as well as the crash landings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Someone to Talk Back to the Boss | 3/10/1975 | See Source »

...Subtle, in search of it is they want--money, women, success. Dapper (Stephen Kolzak) is a boring dandy of an accountant who wants to be successful as a gambler; he winds up with a blindfold over his eyes, gingerbread stuffed in his mouth, and a dead mouse in his fist. Drugger (Denis Pelli) is an honest tob acconist who wants his shop to prosper; Pelli stammers and shuffles cringingly enough, but it's a little disturbing to see Jonson make fun of someone simply because he's not too bright and wants to prosper. Sir Epicure Mammon (Spito Veloudos...

Author: By Paul K. Rowe, | Title: While the Cat's Away . . . | 3/3/1975 | See Source »

Duncan Pyle and Tom Wolle should take the fist two places in the backstroke while Ted Fullerion and Ivor Gordon look to do the same in the breaststroke. Brent Haywood and captain Dave Brumwell will be counted on to pick off two places...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Crimson Swimmers Will Meet Princeton Today | 2/8/1975 | See Source »

...direction was diametrically away from the clocks. Before Judge James P. McGuire gave his order to clear the desk. Flanagan objected twice and McGuire held two lengthy conferences at the bench, while the defendant gazed morosely out past the jury and the gallery with his chin planted on his fist...

Author: By Phillp Weiss, | Title: Odd Visages at the Edelin Trial | 2/5/1975 | See Source »

...said that we were friends, but that I knew nothing of his political activities. For my answer, I was kicked three times in the groin until I fell to the floor in pain. Questions continued: Where was Luis going? Why was he with me? My answers were met with fist blows to my chest, belly, kidneys and back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Torture, Brazilian Style | 11/18/1974 | See Source »

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