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...1800s. At first, trail-driving cowboys practiced the art on range steers, but so many good beef cattle were crippled that steer roping was outlawed in Texas 60 years ago. Today's rodeo cowboys rope calves-mean Brahman calves that weigh up to 300 Ibs. and can smash a roper's ribs with one kick. The roper races against time: on horseback, he must run down and lasso a charging calf, jump off his horse, wrestle the calf on its side, loop three of its legs with a "pigging string," and finish off his handiwork with a nonslip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fastest Rope in the West | 11/23/1962 | See Source »

...about ten spots, including Sagua la Grande and Remedios on the northern coast, and San Cristobal and Guanajay on the western end of the island (see map above, and pictures on following eight pages). Under construction were a half-dozen bases for 2,500-mile missiles, which could smash U.S. cities from coast to coast. In addition, the films showed that the Russians had moved in at least 25 twin-jet Ilyushin-28 bombers that could carry nuclear bombs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Showdown | 11/2/1962 | See Source »

...Black Magic. Since he was made principal conductor of the Philharmonia for life in 1959, Klemperer has mellowed considerably, rarely giving in to the manic moods and deep depressions of his earlier career (he had been known to grab a violin from a player's hand and smash it over the fiddler's head). When not conducting, he lives in a Zurich apartment, attended by his daughter Lotte, never grants interviews and goes out only for occasional walks. His recent recordings have been so good that they have furnished him with what amounts to a new career. Although...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Klemperer Returns | 11/2/1962 | See Source »

Almost two months before reaching Broadway. Mr. President seemed to have all the makings of a smash hit. The musical was written, after all, by Irving Berlin, Howard Lindsay and Russel Grouse. It is directed by Joshua Logan and produced by Leland Hayward. In tribute to the pulling power of those names, Mr. President has already sold nearly $2,000,000 worth of tickets and will probably run up an advance of $2,500,000, pushing Camelot ($3,000,000) as the most presold production of all time. More than 150 groups have anxiously signed up for "benefit" theater parties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadway: President Flintstone | 9/7/1962 | See Source »

...follower or a leader. I can do a fast early pace. I can maintain sustained drive well. I have instantaneous acceleration. But I need an adrenalin shock on the last lap-somebody to make the adrenalin come." The man Beatty hopes will provide the shock he needs to smash Peter Snell's world record: Snell himself. "If I met Snell right now," he says, "I think it would be a very good race. I'm mentally ready for anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ready for Anyfhing | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

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