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That is exactly what happened to one 72-year-old woman. A year ago, neighbors found her lying in her bathtub, blood clotted on her head, a stocking twisted around her neck, and her arms trussed behind her. She had lain there for two days. The next day, the doctors amputated one arm; recently they had to remove the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: The Elderly: Prisoners of Fear | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

...quality, they're often surprisingly good. Mainstage productions, on the other hand, are often surprisingly bad, not to mention more costly. It's hard to say why this is. Over the years the Loeb has gained a reputation for both technical virtuosity and lacklaster performances. Sometimes the problem has lain with the plays themselves. The Harvard Dramatic Club has usually tried to shy away from scheduling already overproduced works. A commendable policy, this, but one which has resulted in the past in the production of such gems as More Stately Mansions, probably the worst play O'Neill ever wrote...

Author: By Julia M. Klein, | Title: Stage | 9/30/1976 | See Source »

...caught in the crossfire of police bullets and stones hurled by the rioting students. "It was the most terrifying moment of my life," he said later. "The police opened direct fire. It is terrifying to watch a gun being aimed at you. I turned and ran. Had I lain on the ground the students would have trampled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: The Soweto Uprising: A Soul-Cry of Rage | 6/28/1976 | See Source »

Actually, Harvard had lain its burial plans in the third quarter, when it ran into its usual stretch of sloppy lay. As one player said after the game, "For a while we were playing good halves, now we're playing consistent three-quarters. "It's all a matter of consistency...

Author: By Daniel Gil>, | Title: Frosh Basketball Squad Loses, 72-65 | 2/11/1976 | See Source »

...hard to believe that before Phillip Knightley took time out from his journalistic duties for London's Sunday Times to write his history of war correspondents, the subject had lain underfoot like an undiscovered gold mine. The events are momentous. As for the correspondents, they are an irresistible assortment of idealists, artists, cads, hustlers, violence junkies and necrophiles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blazing Pencils | 9/22/1975 | See Source »

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