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Coach Barnaby, although describing Terrell's present game as "a powerful forehand, a skillful backhand, and no weaknesses," predicts that the move to first seed should strengthen the junior's play even more.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Terrell Named Captain; Loses Match to Nayar | 3/12/1969 | See Source »

Everything ends badly. William loses all his money, and Poodle, who has walked out on him, comes clinging back. The reader is left with the information that a fool is a fool and a feeling of bafflement about why a skillful author has chosen to pull the wings off this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Gingerless Man | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

Primitive Concept. Johnny's blues lyrics are not the most skillful ever written, but that does not matter to him. "The blues really isn't that worked out or put together," he says. "It's emotional. It's what you feel at the time." What Johnny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chicken-Soup Freak | 2/28/1969 | See Source »

Determined Drive. FULRO's strength has been considerably augmented by troopers trained by U.S. Special Forces teams, which since 1963 have been turning tribesmen into skillful jungle fighters in increasing numbers. Once trained and equipped, the "yards" (short for Montagnards) displayed an unhappy tendency to join FULRO when their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Highland Reconciliation | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

Ray Peters, Harvard baseball's skillful right-hander, is no longer an amateur. For three years Peters spurned professional offers from such teams as the Tigers, Mets, and Athletics because Harvard and his education were more important. But Ray Peters is a senior now, and when he was drafted February...

Author: By Al Brenholts, | Title: Harvard Ace Ray Peters Signed by New AL Club | 2/12/1969 | See Source »

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