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...Atlantic Ridge, Wilson says, the west coast of the continent eventually met up with another segment of the ridge system called the East Pacific Rise. But the moving continent did not stop at this natural barrier; instead it bulldozed right over it. As a result, the West now sits smack atop this hot seam in the earth's crust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Why the West Is Wild | 1/11/1971 | See Source »

...first Andy Warhol factory film to be distributed commercially nationwide, is the story of a heroin addict (Joe Dallesandro) who is constantly on the verge of O. D.-ing. Perhaps this does not seem humorous in itself, but, for good measure, there is a running gag about Joe's smack-induced impotency. Paul Morrissey (who wrote, directed and photographed this epic) has structured his film around the gag; Trash is a series of boy-meets-girl-but-can't-get-it-up episodes, each one weirder than the next...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Fairy Tales Death Rattles | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

...Charles de Gaulle made every effort to rid the language of franglais expressions, with only mixed success. The Germans are hesitant to embark on a similar campaign of linguistic purification. One reason is that Hitler tried to purge German of all non-Teutonic expressions, and an attempt today might smack of Nazism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A Dictionary Headed For die Bestsellerliste | 11/23/1970 | See Source »

...Pherson, Aimee eloped to Yuma, Ariz., with a plump baritone named David Hutton, who sang in the temple choir. On the morning after their wedding, Aimee and David cooed over the radio from the bridal boudoir in the evangelist's home and signed off with a loud wet smack. Next day David was sued for breach of promise by a "masseuse" named Myrtle Joan Hazel St. Pierre, who announced that "Big Boy" had sullied her virtue on the floor of her living room and then had failed to make an honest woman of her. A jury awarded Myrtle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sister Aimee | 10/12/1970 | See Source »

Conversely, the freaks in the film come across as smack-shooting nymphomaniacs, who, in their spare time, sell phony dope to innocent high-school girls, steal people's wallets and frequent macrobiotic restaurants. In its willingness to defame all comers, Joe is marvelously democratic. While, in the end, it is the freaks who get murdered, the film's sympathies remain ambiguous. The verdict on the killers seems to be an equivocal "justifiable homocide...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Hard-Hate Joe at the Cheri | 9/23/1970 | See Source »

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