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There is something basically exciting about matching oneself against the best there is, even if defeat is certain. Just as in the last decades, when playing the Yankees was a moving, if disheartening experience. Laver's fellow pros enjoy meeting him in a tournament. It is an aesthetic experience, but if you are Ken Rosewell, who has been unable to beat Laver for four years in any major tournament, the aesthetic gradually give way to a sense of struggling hopelessly against fate...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: The Laver Mystique: Like Old Yankees--Thrill and Destroy | 7/18/1969 | See Source »

...makes a point of explaining different methods of contraception in great detail. Graham is not a doctor himself, but took some medical courses for his Ph.D. In individual appointments, he says, "I do talk with them about the pros and cons of birth control and make medical referral where advisable. I feel any girl who wants contraceptives should have them...

Author: By Deborah B. Johnson, | Title: What's Been Getting You Down... | 5/12/1969 | See Source »

...Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. Senator Robert Kennedy's assassin was accorded instant criminal stardom the moment he pulled the trigger of his cheap .22-cal. pistol. Furthermore, the Los Angeles law-enforcement officers who sought to induce Sirhan to talk about himself and his crime were big-league pros who meticulously respected his rights while attempting to get him to confess. And yet the young Jordanian also knew how to be D. & D. For almost 24 hours, Sirhan could not even be identified; he did not object to being called John Doe. Nonetheless, Sirhan could become almost garrulous about such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sirhan Case: Killing a Father | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...America center, has already been offered a 40,000-acre ranch stocked with 3,500 head of cattle, if he will please, please play in the fledgling American Basketball Association; that's in addition to the $1,000,000 he is expected to receive when he joins the pros. During his career, Ben Hogan earned less than $300,000 on the links. This year Arnold Palmer Enterprises will meet a payroll of more than $1,000,000, covering his interests in such businesses as dry cleaning, insurance, sportswear, motels, men's cosmetics, real estate and power tools...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Playing the Money Game | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

Longest Jump. After graduating in June, Davenport plans to make the longest jump of his career-into professional football. Though he played cornerback in college, he wants to perform as split end in the pros because "that's where the money is." The San Diego Chargers, who drafted the 6-ft. 1-in., 185-lb. speedster, may disagree, but Davenport figures he can adjust to offense. After all, he says, "Football players need speed, balance and coordination, and a hurdler has all of these." He might be right. Running Back Paul Robinson of the Cincinnati Bengals and Flanker Earl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Track And Field: Willie the Predictable | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

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