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...Marty." But Marty isn't about to hand over the gun right away, and meanwhile the man on the ledge has fallen but is now hanging on with one hand. Arthur grabs the earphones back from his son. He hears shallow breathing and a low groan. He is missing something. A fight has broken out in the hockey game and the scoring light is on. How did they score? Arthur rips the precipice plugs out of his ears. The game announcer is talking about stainless blades. Scott now has the revolver. Why is he pointing it at himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: This Above All, To Thine Own Tube Be True | 3/6/1964 | See Source »

...They avoid scattershot programs and never offer aid without conditions. In terms of gross national product, France spends more than twice as much on foreign aid as the U.S., but it is largely poured into former colonies, from whom France gets clearly defined support in return. French taxpayers groan at the cost, but De Gaulle operates, as he grandly says, "from the viewpoint of France's higher interests, which is something quite different from the immediate advantage of the French people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Pebbles in the Pond | 2/7/1964 | See Source »

Last week, with the ball on Cleveland's 29, Jimmy took a handoff from Quarterback Frank Ryan and cracked into the Dallas line. A pile-up-and a sigh of relief from the stands. It became a groan as Jimmy popped out the other side of the pile and thundered 71 yds. into the end zone. Before the day was out, dazed Dallas fans saw him sprint 62 yds. for another TD and riddle the Cowboy defenses for 232 yds. in 20 carries as Cleveland coasted to its sec ond straight victory, 41-24. "If we had Jimmy Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pro Football: A Knack for Running | 10/4/1963 | See Source »

...pain of a bursitis attack in his right shoulder, one-putted six of the first nine holes. For Nicklaus there was open hostility: he ignored it for 17 holes, and then his approach to the 18th green bounced through a sand trap. "Hold! Hold!" shouted the crowd; a loud groan went up when the ball flipped safely past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Golf: Hold That Trap | 9/20/1963 | See Source »

...Boston's lead was only a point. The next basket would tell the story. Cousy floated a jump shot toward the basket. The ball banged the rim, caromed crazily into a tangle of flailing arms. A roar went up. Laker Rookie Gene Wiley had the rebound. Then a groan. Again, Tommy Heinsohn stole the ball, went up to shoot and was fouled by Wiley. Los Angeles fans chanted "Miss it! Miss it!" Heinsohn's hawklike face was expressionless. Swish! One point. Swish! Another. Score: Boston 110, Los Angeles 107. The clock now read 22 sec. The final score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Basketball: Better to Die than Lose | 5/3/1963 | See Source »

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