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Uchisar, Cappadocia, July 24--A darling kitten with a black nose is rubbing himself on my ankles as I write. I'm lunching in the kitchen of the local cafe. Not much of a kitchen really--it has only a sink, a gas kahve cooker [the so-called Turkish coffee which the Turks generally forego in favor of tea], and an impish and affectionate Turk to go with it, four cracked plaster walls, and a swarm of flies. But boy, am I happy. [The kitten with the black nose is now pulling at my sandal strap.] I came here absolutely...

Author: By John Sedgwick, | Title: Valley of the Fairy Kingdom | 10/19/1976 | See Source »

...Paris, in the summer of 1944. The third time they met he declared, "I want to marry you," adding: "You're beautiful, like a May fly." Mary, a war correspondent for TIME, turned in her uniform and her press card to become Hemingway's "Pickle" or his "Kitten," as he referred to her in the mellow moments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mary's Museship | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

...English langwitch. You remamber mebbe The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N from 1937? The Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N from 1959? Now is mekink vun book from de odder two. (Only de whole kitten cadoodle is new becawss by Rosten is so much rewridink.) Absolutel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Void Symphony | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

...press. Though the client was eventually acquitted, Bailey was suspended from practice in New Jersey for a year and censured by the Massachusetts Bar. He also overextended himself, writing?and vigorously promoting?two bestsellers, hosting a TV interview show, and serving as nominal publisher of Gallery, a copy-kitten rip-off of Playboy. He even made plans to play himself in a movie, The Sam Sheppard Story. Suddenly, things began to sour. The movie never got off the ground, the TV show was canceled and he left Gallery. His helicopter company was slow to lift off (it only recently began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Piloting Patty's Defense | 2/16/1976 | See Source »

Patricia Hearst defies the System that raised her by trying to destroy it; and then, when the System captures her and demands justice, this she-tiger becomes a helpless kitten in the jaws of society. If she gets off and does go free, she will have achieved her goal, the destruction of democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Oct. 27, 1975 | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

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