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...down his fork. "Sissela," he queried gently, "can I play touch football against The Crime on Saturday...

Author: By Ho Cosell, | Title: Bok May Test Faulty Tendon Today | 10/7/1972 | See Source »

...generally treated by the columnists--confident that they were smarter and tougher than the President--as a malevolent and silly child. Now, somehow, he's a political genius. George McGovern has become the class served up some bacon, and set to work each morning with a knife and fork. Why this cruelty? Because McGovern had shown weakness: he had shown himself to be politically salve...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: D.C. Machismo | 10/3/1972 | See Source »

...best of the entrees is the Filete ala Barnesa ($4.75) and it is a generous filet, always cooked to order. It's served with a mock bearnaise of melted butter, garlic and parsley, with heart of artichoke, boiled potatoes and a green salad. It cuts as easily with a fork as with a knife...

Author: By Robert D. Luskin and Tina Rathborne, S | Title: Edens of Hors d'Oeuvres and Ice Cream | 7/14/1972 | See Source »

Depending on the brand of watch, these vibrations control several different mechanisms that turn the hour and minute hands. Bulova uses the electronic tuning fork developed in its Accutron watch, a battery-powered model that is just a shade less accurate than the Accuquartz; Timex employs a conventional balance wheel; Benrus, the Swiss and the Japanese use a "stepdown" motor. Linking these mechanisms to the quartz crystal is an integrated electronic-circuit chip, and U.S. electronic firms are enthusiastically moving to supply the chips to the quartz watch market. Japanese, Swiss and American watchmakers are buying theirs from such firms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARKETING: The World Watch War | 6/19/1972 | See Source »

...tale ended at a fork in a road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: An Odd Couple | 6/5/1972 | See Source »

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