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...Universal might as well pay my salary straight into the IRS." Shaw feels even worse about Bruce. The 25-foot polyurethane shark with hydraulic guts has been programmed to nip him to death -gently. But recently says Shaw, who plays the obsessed shark killer Quint, he was chasing Bruce in a fishing boat when the automated man-eater turned on his pursuers and tore a hole in the boat's underside. "My ship almost sank under me," said Shaw, adding: "What worries me is who's going to keep those mechanical teeth from sinking in too deep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 12, 1974 | 8/12/1974 | See Source »

...sometimes make off with whole 800-lb. bins of freshly picked green gold. San Diego County is now drawing up an ordinance that would require anyone transporting more than 40 Ibs. of avocados to have a bill of sale. But growers have little hope that the law will nip the avocado-nappers."Laws on the books don't mean a damn," complained one grower. "What we need to do is organize a posse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Hot Avocados | 6/24/1974 | See Source »

...reconstructed and as yet un published directive emphasizes a longterm, cautious struggle to take over all of Viet Nam. Communist forces will try to force Saigon to implement the Paris accords ("a great victory") so that the North Vietnamese army and Viet Cong guerrillas can nip off territory bit by bit. Says the document: "We will have to attack point by point, grasping partial victories and advancing to ward final victory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: Strategy for a Long Haul | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

...ginger ale. Michel, on a liquor-free diet, thought he would have a companion again. "Oh, now, come on," Nixon urged the Congressman, who heads the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, "break down a bit." Nixon did. He had a couple of Scotches and water. Then there was a nip of light white Bordeaux with the crab claws and some hearty California Cabernet Sauvignon with the beef. Michel unlimbered his camera and took some snaps of the men on this special excursion into history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Nixon: Steady as He Goes | 5/27/1974 | See Source »

...managed to exploit their weaknesses in the field by taking 34 out of 36 points in the jumping," Coach Edgar Stowell said yesterday. "But it was still nip and tuck...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Trackmen Ambush Army 'Clads, 87-67 | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

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