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...tall, weathered, attractive, tweedy-looking Englishwoman, has just started a visit to the U.S. to pro mote her book-full of fear that she will be regarded as a freak. She and Conundrum will no doubt be attacked by wom en's liberationists, because both James and Jan have a romantic view of women's nature ("Her frailty is her strength, her inferiority is her privilege") and both believe that there are few more exalted jobs than raising a family. But freakish, no. It is the book's remarkable value that it manages to place what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Anatomy v. Destiny | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

...meets and falls in love with an itinerant oil geologist; 3) heroically goes off her feed in order to turn herself into what looks like a young Angela Lansbury, only to discover 4) that her lover, back from prospecting in Iran, actually prefers fat girls, whereupon 5) the cellulite freak abruptly departs and 6) a sadder but psychologically thinner Lynn sets out to face the future, like a reformed alcoholic with a missionary taste for Diet Pepsi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Taking It Off | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

...done by Mr. Onassis it is a Greek streak, by any Welshman a leek streak. In the Middle East Henry Kissinger has doubtless seen a sheik streak. Men of humble mien do a meek streak, while those running fully clothed through a nudist colony do a freak streak. If the act is performed in Bergdorf's, it is, no doubt, a chic streak, and in any high fashion store, a boutique streak. The solo act is a unique streak; a group performs a clique streak. The chosen footwear suggests the sneaker streaker. The possibilities appear limitless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 1, 1974 | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

...nation. At first, back in January when the weekly Penny Press of Peoria, 111. (Nixon's favorite political town) took a sample that showed 51% wanted the President impeached, White House aides could hardly contain their disbelief and contempt. It is apparent now that Peoria was not a freak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Silence as a Statement | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

...investigation, headed by George W. Curtis of the state medical examiner's office, is presently underway to investigate what Henry T. Wilson of the Tufts hospital public relations office termed a "freak and bizarre" occurrence. Wilson said that until the investigation is concluded, there can be no further comment from the medical center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Contends Radiation Machine Mishap Impossible | 3/21/1974 | See Source »

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