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...historical significance of the political turnaround in mid-twentieth century America, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. Thomas fell into the onion trap; he was so busy stripping away he forgot to leave anything over; and his book, to switch vegetables, has all the force of a squeezed lemon...

Author: By Arthur H. Lubow, | Title: Did He or Didn't He? That's Not the Question | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

HARVARD EPWORTH CHURCH Carrots and Peas by Hollis Frampton, Lemon by Hollis Frampton, Castro Street by Bruce Baillie, Up and Atom by Doug Wendt, Stromboli, by Roberto Rosselini, Oct. 25, at 7:30, $1. A Luta Continua by Robert van Lierop, Barravente by Glauber Rocha...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard | 10/25/1973 | See Source »

...your $1.50 and walk through the 50-ft. metal gateway poles hung with red-and-blue banners. You leave behind inflation, traffic jams, Watergate and the impending struggle of the autumn harvest. Ahead of you, the Ferris wheel arcs into the blue sky over beyond the livestock barns; a lemon-shake stand squeezes between a tractor exhibit and the milking parlor; on your left, the Pleasantville Community School stage band is warming up for a concert, and over there, an hour from now, the quilt-making demonstrations will begin. Pick up some cotton candy along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: A Mecca Along the Midway | 9/10/1973 | See Source »

...their cars in the mammoth parking lot, load in the family and drive out the gates back to their own lives. Out side the fair, there are harder choices than whether to see the milking contest or the quilt making, and the world of blue ribbons, cotton candy and lemon shakes is something fanciful and far away. Until next year, at least, and the return of the best state fair in the state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AMERICAN SCENE: A Mecca Along the Midway | 9/10/1973 | See Source »

...England to buy engines for a racing team. He was already known to sportswriters as "the Happy Heinie" and "the Wild Teuton," so suspicious British officials took no chances with him. They detained him on arrival, tore his shoes apart looking for messages and scrubbed his chest with lemon juice in the hope of finding secret writing. He was, of course, both completely clean and completely loyal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890-1973 | 8/6/1973 | See Source »

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