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Out of Sight. Two weeks ago at Vail-ly-sur-Sauldr. Merckx overwhelmed the field to post his 227th victory in the past five years. It is a wonder any rivals showed up at all after Eddy's crushing victory in last month's Tour de France, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: King of the Road | 8/24/1970 | See Source »

Tall and lean (5 ft. 11 in., 165 Ibs.), Eddy estimates that he pedals some 21,000 miles during the nine-month season. He starts training each year with a modest 30-to 40-mile daily practice, soon works up to 90 to 125 miles a day. A perfectionist, he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: King of the Road | 8/24/1970 | See Source »

Such a defeat for the boom psychology has rarely occurred in Alaska's history, which is a monument to the rugged philosophy that "if you're going to be raped, relax" The first white explorer to see the place was Vitus Bering, a Dane sailing in the service of Czar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Great Land: Boom or Doom | 7/27/1970 | See Source »

Nowadays, trapping is on the wane, a victim of the fake fur, depressed pelt prices, new roads and population growth. Such is the lure of the Alaskan wilderness, though, that perhaps 110 professional trappers are still at large. TIME's San Francisco Bureau Chief Jesse Birnbaum visited one of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Vanishing World of Trapper Joe Delia | 7/27/1970 | See Source »

When a country of considerable scenic beauty is plagued by a chronic shortage of foreign exchange funds, the standard solution is to build a few luxury hotels, print some brochures advertising the virgin beaches and rugged mountains, and brace for the flood of tourists. Leave it to Albania to invent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Albania: Pay Now, Work Later | 7/13/1970 | See Source »

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