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...skeletons, our bones standing sentry through our skins." Speeches about an honorable defeat give way to scatological laments over the breakdown of their bodily functions. The play concludes with "huzzas for America" as the bony "blockheads" scramble aboard British ships for safety -"vomiting, crying, cooking, eating, all in a heap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: A Parting Shot | 7/4/1976 | See Source »

...cones into Daddy's nose while he is driving, numerous unruly teen-agers will get themselves bitten in the behind by surly bears gone berserk amid the frenzy of Yosemite, dozens of tennis foursomes will never speak to one another again, hundreds of budding romances will expire into a heap, mothers-in-law will weep, the divorce rate will leap, and in the end, home will never look so good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Travel '76 Rediscovering America | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

Humphrey quickly scrambled to the top of the political heap in Minnesota. In 1948, Senator-elect, he forced a liberal civil rights plank on the Democratic Convention. But in 1949 when he arrived in the Senate, he found that this proud achievement had made him an outcast with the Southern senatorial barons. As if the memory still pains, Humphrey recalls Georgia's Richard Russell referring to him as "a damn fool." Humphrey's insecurity and ambition, his need for approval made ostracism, indeed, any sort of slight, unendurable. He never forgot the experience. From then on, Humphrey placed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Politics of Joy? | 6/21/1976 | See Source »

...series of discrete events, as did the two established choreographers, Jeanette Rive and Christian Swenson blurred the lines of their choreography. One could never say what was happening at any exact moment. Costumed in gray leotards and silver hoods, the two ended the piece by melting in a heap as the music of Larry Coryell and Oscar Sala petered...

Author: By Susan A. Manning, | Title: Inching Into Apparition | 4/28/1976 | See Source »

Harvard's EITL ledger now stands at 2-1, and with a few more clutch performances, the Crimson might just topple Princeton from the top of the heap...

Author: By Stephen W. Parker, | Title: Crimson Netmen Squeeze by Elis, 5-4; Doubles Teams Make the Difference | 4/17/1976 | See Source »

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