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...season tickets has been removed, and half-price family nights at the Oakland Coliseum have been reduced from twelve to four. Players' fan mail goes unanswered because Finley has refused to supply the team with stamps. Now, thanks to an order by Oakland fire officials, Finley will shave his budget even further by discontinuing the Scoreboard fireworks displays. As the pennant race warms up, however, Finley can be counted on to supply his own special brand of fireworks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pyrotechnics by Finley | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

Some details reach toward Ray's concerns over the minor actions that constitute urbane life (the men worry over whether or not to shave, and such like) while others, such as the men's stretching their limbs when they leave the car, are purely visual delights. After notable failure in color filmmaking, Ray has returned to the traditional black-and-white frame. His compositional eye seems to have regained its earlier strength, whether the subject is a group of people or a gasoline pump...

Author: By Richard Shepro, | Title: Bourgeois Bengalis | 5/1/1974 | See Source »

Then Brittin decided to qualify for the Boston Marathon, realizing he had to shave a half an hour off his previous time, a herculean feat. So, in pursuit of the lower time, he entered the Virginia Beach Rotary Shamrock Marathon in March...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Four Will Face the Marathon | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

...Daniel Ellsberg truly wishes to repent for his sins, and to convince us of his repentance, than let him donate his wordly goods to an appropriate charitable organization, shave his head, and take a nine-year vow of silence. Steve Nelson Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELLSBERG | 3/28/1974 | See Source »

...Equal Rights Amendment. They think it is "a fallacy." You see, with ERA I might make as much money as a man, even as much as my husband. And then I might not respect him. And then I might not respect him. And then I end up helping Teddy shave. Figuratively speaking. But you can see that it is still confusing. I mean, why should they write me a plea for financial support so I can help them make sure I will always need it myself? I guess I'll just have to leave that for M. Stanton to figure...

Author: By Ellen A. Cooper, | Title: Flash of Hindsight | 2/1/1974 | See Source »

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