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...Royal Canadian Air Force exercise book have passed eleven million. This bible of the physically insecure now shares its popularity with dozens of other reference works, among them Be Young with Yoga, Jogging and Sexercises (which promises to refine the sexual performance of both genders). A U.S. Government pamphlet on Adult Physical Fitness has sold 750,000 copies, without benefit of advertising, since 1963. By the tens of millions, U.S. televiewers genuflect to the exercise programs of Jack LaLanne, Ed Allen and Richard and Diane Hittleman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: DON'T JUST SIT THERE; WALK, JOG, RUN | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

During the hearing, Kearney read from some "disgusting" literature which had been distributed on the Boston Campus. The literature was a Resistance pamphlet announcing the Oct. 16 demonstration and urging a halt for "the system...

Author: By Anne DE Saint phalle, | Title: UMass Teachers May Be Probed | 2/13/1968 | See Source »

...late evenings of the second week of October, peaceful insurgents stalked Boston's colleges posting four-page white pamphlets entitled "RESIST OCTOBER 16." On the second page of the pamphlet, a photostat of a ripped draft card framed a quote from Camus...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Alexander, | Title: How to Beat the Draft Legally (and illegally) | 2/12/1968 | See Source »

Olympic Shield. Despite such wealthy patronage, Vasarely has maintained in many a pamphlet and manifesto that art should be vastly more democratic. "In our modern society of consumption," he says, "everything is multiplied, from cars and refrigerators to country homes. One unique piece of art is an anachronism." An assembly line of ten assistants executes the paintings that he first drafts, then pastes up in prototype collages. Other aides turn out his serigraphs, tapestries, wood and Plexiglas constructions. Yet the multiples, priced at only $70 to $1,000, lack illusionistic finesse compared with the blazing oils and temperas that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: Op's Top | 2/2/1968 | See Source »

...includes 121 Americans, four Canadians, one Venezuelan, 86 Britons, 21 Germans, 16 Frenchmen, 14 Italians, ten Belgians, ten Norwegians, nine Swedes, eight Dutchmen, two Danes, two Swiss, one Finn and one Maltese, who all work comfortably together with English as their lingua Esso. Jersey resettled them with even a pamphlet of helpful translations: diapers in England are called nappies, and a hot-water heater is a geyser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Industry: The Long-Term View From the 29th Floor | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

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