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Voyages around this shrunken planet are not all they are cut out to be. "The friendly skies" are anything but nowadays, as people claw for dwindling seats on jets, ticket prices soar, and the plastic fantastic atmosphere on board commercial airliners distinctly resembles that of a swingles...
Human Helicopter. Erving's on-court style has made him the A.B.A.'s top draw. When he drives to the basket, floor-bound opponents are flabbergasted by a human helicopter who can soar from the foul line to the backboard with magnificent ease. With Erving handling the red, white and blue A.B.A. ball, a standard stuff shot turns into airborne acrobatics, often ending in a backward, over-the-head slam dunk. A lay-up is embellished with the kind of fakery that the Harlem Globetrotters made famous...
...bright signs are counterbalanced by harsh decrees. The removal of Allende's subsidization of many consumer items has caused prices to soar so high that few shoppers can afford to buy. Though wages have risen 70% under the junta, the cost of living has jumped 120%. Bread is up 350%, cooking oil 400%, gasoline 700%. Many poor Chileans are going hungry...
...cars, especially luxury models, will rise higher than the $ 150 average. Not so with gas-guzzling full-sized models, which have been spurned by buyers this year because of gasoline shortages and the threat of rationing. The price of optional equipment−the industry's great profitmakers-will soar; there is no limit at all on how much can be charged for such gadgets as stereo tape decks, power steering and vinyl roofs. Automatic transmission in a Ford Pinto, for example, will now cost $217, up from the old price...
Sharp-edged as a sword, erect as a phallus, spare as a symbol, the sculptures of Japan's Masayuki Nagare make even the generous dimensions of Manhattan's Staempfli Gallery seem cramped. They soar through the ceiling, project invisible backdrops of misted mountains against an opaline sea. Within themselves, around themselves, they create their own space. At the age of 50, Nagare has become clearly one of the world's major sculptors...