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Center Wes Unseld, the shortest and burliest in the league, limps along on bad knees; yet he uses his bulk efficiently and leads the league in rebounds. Forward Mike Riordan is still noted for defensive tactics that befit a bouncer, but he has also developed into a competent shooter. Guard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Bullets Are Biting | 3/10/1975 | See Source »

"With her select words so ingeniously misapplied without being mispronounced," Maggie Brenner enriches the absurdity of Mrs. Malaprop's character and language through controlled inflection and frenzied movements. Playing opposite Brenner, Mark Mosca is grotesquely amusing as Anthony Absolute. Buttressed by strong stage presence, he limps around, bursts into fits...

Author: By Ruth C. Streeter, | Title: Flying A One-Engine Malaprop | 3/27/1974 | See Source »

After almost two years in power -the anniversary will be on Nov. 3 -Allende presides over an increasingly angry country that is sinking ever deeper into economic quicksand. Everything from beef to butter and matches to auto parts is in short supply. Inflation has spiraled 63.5% during the past eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHILE: Inflation of Violence | 10/9/1972 | See Source »

If there is a major fault in the book, it is the ending, which limps. But Buechner recognizes this, for he begins his last chapter with a quasi-confession of the fact. But this does not make the book any less worthwhile. Read it for fun, read it as a...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: Fiction Reviving the Novel | 3/11/1971 | See Source »

White Book. Schmidt quickly set Sommer's brain trust to work probing every facet of life in the Bundeswehr. He was particularly interested in improving morale. As Sommer put it: "The soldier limps and lags behind society. He is in a dismal state. Propping up the morale of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Help for the Orphan Army | 6/15/1970 | See Source »

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