Word: jinxes
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...screenplay, which begins as genuine comedy, soon degenerates into spurious melodrama. Moreover, Director Nichols, perhaps affected by his stage experience, has given much of the film the closed-in air of a studio set. Like Nichols himself, The Graduate appears to be a victim of the sophomore jinx...
DEESPITE the worldwide prominence that comes with an appearance on TIME'S cover, some of our subjects are not always happy about appearing there. Performers and athletes especially are wary; they keep remembering the so-called jinx that is supposed to hover over the careers of people once they have "made" our cover. One apparent corroboration of the jinx theory occurred in 1964, when Hank Bauer and his Baltimore Orioles seemed to have the pennant sewed up until Hank appeared on TIME. After that, the team lost half its games-and the pennant race. (Although two years later...
...people bother to count up the sportsmen who have been unbothered by the jinx. They were chosen for their excellence and they continue to display the qualities that put them on the cover. Latest on that long list is Yachtsman Bus Mosbacher, who appeared on the Aug. 18 cover. After Bus sailed Intrepid to four straight victories over Australia's challenger Dame Pattie, we learned that his crew had hung copies of the cover portrait belowdecks. With proper nautical aplomb, they sailed right into the face of the cover-jinx myth...
...college scorer at the University of Miami two years ago, Barry, 22, is the deadliest "gunner" to hit the N.B.A. since Oscar Robertson in 1960. Last season he averaged 25.7 points a game, was voted N.B.A. Rookie of the Year. Star rookies often suffer from "the sophomore jinx" during their second pro season, but Barry is bombarding the basket at a fantastic rate. Last week he poured in 40 points as the San Francisco Warriors beat the Baltimore Bullets 120-110. After 21 games, Rick was averaging 38.5 points per game-almost seven points more than Cincinnati's Robertson...
Fortunately, Sports Illustrated did not jinx Harvard with a cover story this week, and so the Crimson can breathe easy and coast...