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...which would have out the lead to nine, but the All-American was called her charging and the two points nullified Van Breda Kelff had conniptions on the sideline, and the look in Bradley's eyes meet have resembled the expression of the Boston Strangler when he has a nylon stocking in his hand...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Quintet Stuns Princeton, Ties for Ivy Lead | 2/8/1964 | See Source »

...where the rain never falls and the sun never blinds and the wind never blows. It is more than a dream in Litchfield, Conn., where the Forman School recently unveiled its synthetic solution to the problem-a tennis court surfaced with grass made of vinyl and sheltered by a nylon tent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recreation: Tent Tennis | 1/31/1964 | See Source »

Looking like a strange translucent bubble, the nylon dome is kept aloft by a pair of 1½-h.p. fans, is big enough (120 ft. long, 33 ft. high) for all but the most enthusiastic lob shots. Adapted from a design for use in housing radar-antenna installations, the tent was built by Birdair Structures Inc. of Buffalo, N.Y., can be rigged and inflated in several hours, packs away when not in use into a space just about the size of a pingpong table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recreation: Tent Tennis | 1/31/1964 | See Source »

...galosh has gone galumphing into oblivion, and in its place is the musketeer boot, the Robin Hood boot, the cossack boot, lined, unlined, fur-topped, made of fake leopard or silk faille or nylon mesh or even real leather. Office girls wear them to work at the slightest sign of inclement weather, carrying their shoes in a tote bag (the smarter ones keep a pair of shoes in their desk). For the evening, slippers are carried in jeweled reticules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Boots, Boots, Boots | 1/3/1964 | See Source »

...World by the Basques, who claim it as their native sport. The object is simple enough: players wearing basketlike cestas heave a ball against a wall until someone misses. But ah, the details. The court is about 200 ft. long; the ball is so hard (rubber core wound with nylon string, covered with goatskin) and goes so fast (up to 175 m.p.h.) that the front wall has to made of 12-in.-thick granite block-concrete would crack from the impact. The ricocheting angles are infinite, requiring incredible feats of agility, timing and strength. And there are times when just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jai Alai: Handball with Daiquiris | 1/3/1964 | See Source »

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