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Groucho as Oedipus. Roth sees Portnoy's life as "a masochistic extravaganza," and no one is more aware of this than Portnoy himself. In one of his many hysterical bursts of insight, he cries that he is "torn by desires that are repugnant to my conscience, and a conscience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Perils of Portnoy | 5/17/1968 | See Source »

His criticism at large on radio has won Newman a Peabody Award and i television he has unburdened himself on everything from the declining grammar of the New York Times I he English is not always fit to print") to Charles de Gaulle's crude meddling in Canadian politics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newscasting: A Healthy Jaundice | 4/5/1968 | See Source »

Money is only one of Jean-Claude's concerns. He wants to race a car some day at Le Mans; he also would like to break the world speed record (109.14 m.p.h.) on skis. But first, after those long, monastic months of training, he has some catching up to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Olympics: King Killy | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

With its little 2.2-liter engine, the Porsche 907 is a 270-h.p. midget compared with the seven-liter, 500-h.p. Ford Mark IV prototype that averaged a record 135.4 m.p.h. at Le Mans last year. But it is a muscular midget-durable, exceptionally nimble in the turns, capable of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto Racing: Porsche Parade | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

No factory Fords or Ferraris were entered at Daytona, but there were several privately owned Ferraris and two Ford GT40 "sports cars"-production copies of the old 4.2-liter prototype that ran at Le Mans in 1964. Although they were not technically in competition for prototype-class honors, the Fords...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto Racing: Porsche Parade | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

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