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...inspiration. Nothing less will do. His cursed Doppelgdnger, his best friend, is Arnold Baffin, a fluent hack who turns out popular novels with religious overtones while Bradley grubs away in a tax inspector's office. Freedom is the cruel lure of Murdoch novels. Opting for early retirement, Brad ley believes his time of freedom, his time of inspiration, has come: "I can be a great writer now." But instead of solitude and virgin-white pages covered with copperplate writing, what awaits this cold, private, very fussy man is the sublime messiness of love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wild Minuet | 6/18/1973 | See Source »

Bradley ran well ahead in the four-man primary last month (36% to Yorty's 29%). But despite an expertly run and expensive campaign (more than $1,000,000 to Yorty's $570,000), he is slipping badly. Three weeks ago Brad ley held a 43.4% to 28.5% lead over Yorty, with an unusually high 20.1% still undecided and another 8% refusing to announce a choice. As of last week Bradley's edge had shrunk to a meager 42% to 39%, with 19% still undecided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ELECTIONS: Fear and Loathing in L.A. | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

...VALLEY, IDAHO. The dowager queen of American ski areas, the val ley has been rejuvenated in recent years. New lifts have doubled the area's up hill capacity and largely eliminated lines; new trails on Baldy's north side have given skiers a place to go when the sun turns the south slope to mashed potatoes. The Lodge, built in 1936, still offers European-type elegance to a wealthy clientele, but new condominiums and medium-priced restaurants are attracting more middle-income families. Cost for a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The World's Greatest Ski Areas | 12/25/1972 | See Source »

Scoring for the Whalers were Larry Pleau, Rick Ley, and Tom Webster, Attendance at the Garden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHALER HOCKEY | 10/20/1972 | See Source »

...foot of the moon's towering, 12,000-ft.-high Apennine Mountains. During their 67-hour visit, twice as long as any previous stay, they will crisscross more than 22 miles of lunar terrain, traveling to the very edge of a winding, quarter-mile-deep gorge called Had ley Rille in the forbidding lunar highlands. Before their return to earth with an expected haul of 250 Ibs. of moon rocks, they will put a tiny scientific satellite into lunar orbit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Roving the Moon | 7/26/1971 | See Source »

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