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There, in 1966, James Marshall Hendrix became Jimi, and his band became an experience. Their first record soared on the English bestseller charts. As soon as English audiences got a look at them, London hairdressers began featuring "the Experience Look." Last year, Jimi doused his guitar in lighter fluid and set a match to it on the stage of California's Monterey Pop Festival, whereupon his career in the U.S. heated up too. His first LP was No. 6 on the U.S. charts for a while; last week his second...
...Ways. To avoid the difficulties that beset the first generation of Au-togiros, J-2's Designer Drago Jovanovich took advantage of modern helicopter technology, effecting many improvements in the control and design of the overhead rotor. The J-2's rotor is stronger but also lighter and smaller than previous rotors, enabling it to be run up to speed faster. When heavier rotors used in the 1930s were al lowed to slow down, their inertia prevented them from being revved up quickly, causing control problems...
Overnight, a small tent city of sympathizers sprouted around the gas station, which became a sort of shrine. A Franciscan priest celebrated Mass there each evening until last week, when Chavez, more than 30 Ibs. lighter-he went without food for four days longer than Gandhi during his 1924 hunger strike-ended his fast...
...those who catch the Ibis in one of his lighter moods, the wisdom seems mixed with an inexplicable friendliness and concern for human kind. Youngsters go away starry-eyed and often remake their lives in light of his calm, softly spoken words. And oldsters can be hyponotized as well...
...boosting its record to 13-4, Harvard completely outclassed the much smaller and lighter Northeastern sextet...