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...White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., Ike's Attorney General, Herbert Brownell, offered what the AT&T man described as a "friendly tip" on how to negotiate a settlement. Soon after, the Government approved a consent decree that allowed Bell to keep Western Electric in return for a wrist-slap promise not to let it compete for business outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ANTITRUST: A Most Peculiar Slap at Ma Bell | 12/2/1974 | See Source »

...minute mark Yale sophomore center halfback Anne Keating spoiled Barbie Matson's shutout with a clean slap, knotting the score...

Author: By Francis T. Crimmins jr., | Title: Radcliffe Field Hockey Team Checks Elis, 1-1: Seniors Matson and Sato Play Final Games | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

...negotiating with the P.L.O. is not the real issue. The basic problem, underlying everything, is that the Arabs in general have refused to accept the proposition of a Jewish state in the Middle East. The Rabat decision to call the P.L.O. the legitimate Palestinian representatives was just another slap in the face...

Author: By Eric M. Breindel, | Title: The Rift Inside Israel | 11/23/1974 | See Source »

Essentially, the problem is the choreography. It is almost as much mime as ballet. The story is a complicated slap stick tale about a flirtatious town clown, his enemies and his inamorata (complete with mistaken identities, a fake death and an implausibly happy ending) that defies compression as well as credibility. Massine's scenario is too highly stylized to allow for many low jinks; the result is commedia dell'arte without any comedy, Punch-and-Judy minus the punch. The occasional moments of raffish humor are all provided by quick-legged Gary Chryst, 24, who leaps, whirls, jigs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: How Now, Town Clown? | 10/21/1974 | See Source »

...days a week with the guys who make him feel most at home. While the debate to shelve the cleats lingers on in both the freshmen's and Stoeckel's minds, the young coach, who lacks only the authority of a chip board, will continue to bark out calls, slap pads and soothe butterfinger-aggravated egos...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Creme dela Cramer | 10/17/1974 | See Source »

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