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...Three years ago at a Martini and Rossi international competition in New York I came up against the world champion and 1976 Olympic gold medalist, Frenchman Christian Noel. I was expecting to be razzle-dazzled but he fenced very simply. His execution of basic moves was perfect. In the finals he was doing the same things, very basic, simple attacks that were very cleverly...
...plots on the Spider-Man show," he complains, "are situations that Kojak could just as easily have handled." Unfortunately, even Lee has yet to invent the hero who can overpower that archvillain called the TV programmer. But if he does, his name will almost certainly be Martini...
...taking a shower. He was a successful young magazine writer for Clay Felker's New York (remember "The Pathetic Lies of Jimmy Carter"?), and the top non-fiction editor at Simon & Schuster wanted him to do a book. It was pickyer-topic time, but a succession of three-martini business lunches with the editor had elicited only a few "Gee, that'd make a great magazine article" ideas. Then, a radio announcer droned through the suds of Brill's quiet shower with a "piddling little item" about some Teamsters' local striking in upstate New York...
...defies belief that Frank Trippett could write a full page on the '70s without one word about inflation [Dec. 251. If there is anything future generations will recall about this decade, it will be the disappearance of the 25? hamburger, the 10? Coke and the $5 three-martini lunch. E.L. Estes Jr. Racine, Wis. Eying Evil...
...June 16 story, "2-1 Martini Makes Harvard Crimson," analyzed the controversy from start to finish and concluded with this poem, written by Holger Lundbergh, which appeared in the Harvard Club Bulletin...