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...notes, and some new conclusions about Arnheiter. He chose to stick with the style he knew best--a newspaper format chocked full of "he said"s and "however"s; in light of Arnheiter's suit, had retained his first draft. But happily for the reader, Sheehan decided to scrap the 120,000 word manuscript which resulted from his first efforts, adopting instead straight dialogue and third person narrative. The end product is a spry and carefully-woven chronicle of the career of one of the Navy's most public lunatics...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: The Arnheiter Affair | 3/2/1972 | See Source »

Well, little by little they turned red ... So I walked away and called Noah and said to him, "Turn that goddam thing into scrap metal. Close up the shop. Project's finished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Hughes Super-Steamer | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

Border Rush. U.S. officials say that the pact provides an unfair trade advantage for Canada. To increase the sales of U.S.-made cars, they want to scrap the 1964 ratio and the tariff on cars imported by anyone but a dealer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WORLD TRADE: Conflict over Cars | 2/7/1972 | See Source »

...glances toward some nearby slope, the suffering Mr. Downhill may observe a strange-looking character in knickers and a light sweater striding cheerfully across the snow on a pair of flimsy-looking skis clamped to his feet with a scrap of aluminum or something. His boots look like G.I. brogans, and he seems to be having a great time. The knickered apparition is indulging in the fastest-growing winter sport in the world. It is variously called cross-country skiing (the competitive version) or ski touring (the recreational type), and this season is the biggest the sport has ever known...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Skiing | 1/17/1972 | See Source »

...weren't prepared to swim our best times." Gambril said yesterday. "What we were trying to do was match up the races, and scrap to pick up points. As it turned out all we needed was one more point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimmers Lose to Dartmouth, 57-56 | 1/10/1972 | See Source »

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