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...anyone could see that the man's books had socko starts and knockout endings. I, the Jury begins with Hammer finding his best war buddy, who had literally (everything's literal in Spillane) given his right arm to save Mike, dead on his apartment floor with a grapefruit-size hole in his gut. Hammer swears revenge. But first, for purposes of evidence or exercise or fun, he beats up a plethora of punks, the bouts described with a grisly precision and brio that still startle. ("I swung on him with all of my hundred and ninety pounds. My fist went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Prince of Pulp | 7/22/2006 | See Source »

...looks too new. Birmingham's Standard Heating & Air Conditioning Co. and Dalco are even starting to attach alarms to AC units. That may sound drastic, until you realize that in the South air conditioners are a life or death issue. "Without air conditioning, nobody would live in this hell hole," said Points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Air Conditioner Thefts are Heating Up | 7/21/2006 | See Source »

...announce water-saving measures; prohibiting golf superintendents from giving grasses a good soaking with drinking water is one of them. However, rationing doesn't cause the slightest bit of trouble for the Quijorna Golf Club, located 40 km outside Madrid. Here only rainwater is used to keep the 18-hole course green. And if nature doesn't cooperate in irrigating Spain's first ecological golf course, then let it be brown, explains Paco López, founder of the Quijorna Golf Club. "We merely defend the idea of a natural golf course, adapting its color to the time of year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitting The Green | 7/18/2006 | See Source »

...irregular-cut necklines, funky buttons and ruched sleeves to create T shirts a cut above the ordinary. And when the money is burnt and the plastic has melted, cool off with a cherry beer at De Walvis at 209 Rue Antoine Dansaert, tel: (32-2) 219 9532, the watering hole of the art and design set. Some things, thankfully, never change...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capital Of Cool | 7/18/2006 | See Source »

...David Gilmour had been brought in to fill the hole made by Syd's psychic withdrawal. In 1968 Syd left for real. He then worked with David and Rick Wright on two solo albums, which are chaotic but include great writing. He had this unique whimsical style?and at a time when songwriting demanded American pronunciation, he sang in the Queen's English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Appreciation | 7/17/2006 | See Source »

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