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Entering the building is like penetrating a chrysalis to suddenly find a multi-colored butterfly inside. The Eames Office harbors more than one colorful butterfly. Fluttering above or resting on shelves are Japanese kites from the latest Eames film. A glass-sided storage case displays the cowries and conches that...

Author: By At : P.m.), | Title: Design is a Chair, A Deck of Cards, A Computer | 10/22/1970 | See Source »

The worst bargain on the street represents a pillar of the neighborhood's economy: pornographic magazines-20 to 35 pages of sexually explicit pictures for $3 and up-and high-priced peep shows, strip joints and "adult" movies. Fed by a clientele that includes hustlers, briefcase-carrying businessmen and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Scene: Tell All the Gang on 42nd Street | 10/19/1970 | See Source »

These members, Fainsod commented, justifiably expect to be able to find books on the shelves whenever they need them.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fees for Libraries Raised For Non-Harvard Scholars | 10/13/1970 | See Source »

It is a time for nostalgia for many-or, rather, anti-nostalgia. It does seem hard to remember things anymore. Like the contents of the books we dutifully place on our shelves, the number of pass-fail courses we can count towards our majors, which drugs we have taken (and...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Autumn After Harvard-What? | 9/30/1970 | See Source »

TIME Los Angeles Bureau Chief Don Neff reported: "At places, the four-lane street looked like a battleground, grotesquely littered with the limbless torsos of clothing-store mannequins, smoldering overstuffed chairs and pieces of broken glass. At least five stores were gutted by fire. Scores of shops and businesses had...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Los Angeles: The Chicano Riot | 9/7/1970 | See Source »

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