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...under-stimulation that made introspection a sort of cultural resource. America today is so chaotically hyped, its air so thick with kinetic information and alarming images and television and drugs, that the steady gaze required for excellence is nearly impossible. The trendier victims retreat to sealed isolation tanks to float on salt water and try to calm down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Have We Abandoned Excellence? | 3/22/1982 | See Source »

...strong, quick (4.8 sec. over 40 yds.), with outstanding peripheral vision and, at 6 ft. 3 in., tall enough to throw over the modern hyperthyroid lineman. Unlike other strong-armed quarterbacks, the Jets' Richard Todd, for instance, Anderson throws passes that are mysteriously hard to drop. They float down so softly, and with so little spin, says former Bengal Wide Receiver Chip Myers, "I was able to pick out the laces on the ball." Anderson's running ability is so good that Giants Coach Ray Perkins thinks it may spell the difference between the two closely matched Super...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Another Ideal Quarterback | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

...decibel level rises as the evening goes on. Young stags huddle around the bars, looking steadily more glassy-eyed. Older couples float around the room in time-polished two-step, while the younger couples try to avoid each other's toes. But when Cole Porter gives way to rock 'n' roll, it is the older group that looks a tad silly dusting off their versions of the jitterbug, while the baby boomers twitch admirably to the new music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Dallas: Mimi Makes Her Debut | 12/21/1981 | See Source »

Swirling winds and chilly conditions resulted in numerous handling errors. Passes tended to float, and cold hands fumbled the ball often...

Author: By Mike Knobler, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Ruggers Chew Up Yale, 17-6, Wind Up Fall Season at 9-1 | 11/23/1981 | See Source »

...Southern Comfort flowed free. An order was put in for extra-special nice weather. The sweet-dispositioned sorority sisters--the majority of whom are Virginia natives and the epitome of everything good about Southern belles--were jsut extra sweet. The Theta Delta Chi fraternity burned its Homecoming float in the middle of the parade just to keep things lively. And the beer was flowing just as smooth and fast as everything else...

Author: By Michael Bass, | Title: Stylish Hosts | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

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