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...among his bones will be one that resembles a fish hook ... To win your intended lover, hook the fishbone into his clothing. . ." Faith Cross, a backwoods believer, journeys to Chicago and becomes first a wholehearted whore, then an adipose housewife, anesthetized by hair spray and appliance hum, then, cast off and pregnant, the victim of a ghetto fire Finally back in Georgia, withered and maimed, she completes the seven ages of black woman (something like this seems to be in the author's mind) by be coming a swamp witch herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Smoky Legend | 1/6/1975 | See Source »

...little children playing soldiers on them. In a building still blackened from being burned out, a baker pulls trays of flat bread out of the makeshift oven, while a shop opened beneath twisted iron shutters offers transistors and domestic appliances. Above the din of the crowd, there is the hum of bulldozers and the clatter of sledgehammers as workers battle to clear the debris of hopelessly damaged buildings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EGYPT: Salvaging Suez | 12/30/1974 | See Source »

...Nixon's taped words. He conceded that Nixon had wanted him to prepare a report on Watergate that was "less than the truth," and had asked him to take on other "improper" tasks. As for tapes that also incriminated Ehrlichman, he had ingenuous explanations. When he said "uh hum" or "yeah, yeah" to Nixon on the tapes, for example, he was "fending" Nixon off about cover-up acts, not expressing agreement. Moreover, he claimed that he had held exonerating conversations with Nixon that were not recorded, such as while they "walked to the barbershop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: Getting Out What Truth? | 12/23/1974 | See Source »

...polished cast paced by the sensitive honesty of John McMartin's performance makes the evening hum with suspense. And Pirandello lends it the ironic graveyard mirth of a man who saw life as a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. ∎T.E.K...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Chessboard of Fate | 12/23/1974 | See Source »

...hum. Uh hum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Wagons Around the President | 12/2/1974 | See Source »

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