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...liked the company of grifters--it never seemed to matter which side they were on. These types even had their own special language, and Marlowe was a professor of it. He never stopped being a loner, but it always helped to know that next day would bring another hood to trade insults with and another city cop to poke...

Author: By Mark T. Whitaker, | Title: Dyspepsia and Dark Alleys | 3/5/1977 | See Source »

...Fawcett-drip Majors and "One Million B.C." bosoms paled in comparison. She was The Queen Bee, the dream of very press photographer. And now here I was rising above the multitude of lenses to claim my prize. Almost instantaneously I straddled the fenders and lay prostrate on the firm hood of that convertible '58 Lincoln Continental. The picture was mine...

Author: By David Melody, | Title: Notes From A Photographer's Journal | 2/25/1977 | See Source »

...Obscenity is like the concept of sin-it defies definition," he says. "If we start restricting adult reading habits by what's fit for children, we could be left with only Little Red Riding-Hood. "Says William Shawn, editor of the chaste New Yorker: "This is a very serious threat. In this instance it has to do with taste, but ultimately it has to do with what our attitudes are. In a free society nobody should be the judge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: A Bad Case Makes Worse Law | 2/21/1977 | See Source »

...Cars get the blahs, just as people do in the cruelest months. The battery is the auto's tenderest part: in freezing temperatures, it loses up to 50% of its power. To keep it happy, the car should be garaged at night, with a blanket over the hood or a warming watch light hung inside. To keep the battery charged, the driver should stay in second gear for as long as possible at speeds under 50 m.p.h.; when the car is in high gear, the generator does not produce enough energy to beef up the down-drawn cells. Never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Survival: A Primer | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

...assumption that the 8:30 a.m. train to town will be a late, late show, the well-booted suburbanite may be wise to invest in the commuter's equivalent of a mink coat: Eddie Bauer's Eskimo-designed, nylon and cotton Superior Polar Parka with hood ruff of natural coyote fur ("comfort range -70° to 50° above") for only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Warm and Chic | 2/14/1977 | See Source »

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