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...show it replaced. But Dick Cavett's approach is somewhat different from Carson's. Unlike the often-famous Carson, Cavett encourages serious conversation on his show-Vietnam has been a key topic on several nights-and this alone may indicate that his show is not going to be another slick late-night confection...

Author: By Jeremy S. Bluhm, | Title: The Tube Dick Cavett | 1/13/1970 | See Source »

Sneak It to 'Em. TV stations, expected by the FCC to give a certain amount of viewing time to public-service programming, usually relegate full-length religious shows to the somnolent Sunday-morning hours. A slick, quick spiritual ad, on the other hand, may well win an unsold prime-time minute. Now that Christmas commercials are out of the way and advertising budgets depleted, there may be more religious spots on the air than usual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Spots for God | 1/12/1970 | See Source »

Changing Lead. Texas turned the game into an instant replay of its 15-14 victory over Arkansas. With Texas trailing the No. 2-ranked Razorbacks 14-8, Coach Darrell Royal called for a long pass on a fourth-down-and-three situation. Quarterback James ("Slick") Street lofted a beautiful 44-yd. completion to End Randy Peschel, and Texas scored moments later to take the lead. Then Defensive Back Tom Campbell picked off a Razorback pass to give Texas the game, a Cotton Bowl bid and the national championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Royal Order | 1/12/1970 | See Source »

Meanwhile, Patrick engineered a slick transatlantic crossruff. Starting with a girl who was unknown on either side of the ocean, Patrick billed Raquel to the European press as America's answer to Ursula Andress. European reporters lapped it up. Then Patrick shipped the publicity back to the U.S., where it was eagerly picked up by the American press. In 1966, Hammer Productions wished its friends a merry, merry Christmas by distributing 11-by-13 cards (3,000 of them) with Raquel's classic cave-suit pose on the front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Myra/Raquel: The Predator of Hollywood | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

...Padmore again fed Papagianis nine minutes deep into the second period and the slick Yardling center forward powered the ball past the off-balance Bulldog goal keeper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yardling Booters Wallop Yale, 4-0 | 11/22/1969 | See Source »

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