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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After a visit to the U.S., Malcolm Muggeridge, onetime editor of Punch, complained: "I'd have joined a Trappist order rather than take more. All those ghastly novels-sex is an obsession with the Americans." Besides, adds Muggeridge, "if the purpose of pornography is to excite sexual desire, it is unnecessary for the young, inconvenient for the middleaged, and unseemly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE NEW PORNOGRAPHY | 4/16/1965 | See Source »

...this year. John Kennedy, a third baseman acquired from the Washington Senators, is a good enough fielder to take some of the pressure off Maury Wills, who has had his troubles at short. John Roseboro, Ron Fairly, Wes Parker, and Tommy and Willie Davis will have to provide what punch the team will have...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: Dodgers Will Pitch Into 1st Place | 4/16/1965 | See Source »

Time after time a single punch would have put the Cuban down for the count. Each time Griffith held back-as if afraid of his own strength. "You're lazy!" screamed Manager Gil Clancy. "Fight! Move! Fight!" Sure, Griffith was piling up points, but Clancy was still not satisfied. "You never know about officials," he said darkly. Once Stable threw a punch after the bell, and for an instant Emile's face contorted with rage -but then he trotted meekly to his corner. The referee scored it 11-4; the other two officials made it unanimous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prizefighting: The Family Man | 4/9/1965 | See Source »

...upswing. Advertising revenue for the Sunday comics supplements reached an estimated 6,000,000 in 1964, double what it was the year before. While adventure strips may be hard-put to compete with TV shoot-'em-ups, there is nothing on television that packs quite the same punch as a comic strip that succeeds in being funny. From time to time, when editors have made the mistake of trying to drop one of these newer strips, the reader reaction has usually been so vehement that the strip reappeared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comics: Good Grief | 4/9/1965 | See Source »

...factor in the success of last year's varsity was the scoring punch added by the midfield, but this year's attack may not receive that backing. Only Dexter Newton and Larry Palmer have returned from the first two midfields, and they have yet to develop into real scoring threats. Although Jan Bollinger, Bruce Caputo, and Mike Leahy are three other lettermen, the man who will probably join these two in the first line is a junior who hasn't played in two years. A series of concussions halted his freshman career, but Harry Van Oudenallen has now received medical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Team Has 13 Lettermen But Is Hurt by Delay of Practice | 4/1/1965 | See Source »

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