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...throughout the U.S., other watering places have begun to regenerate, reversing the pro cesses of civilization. In the Hudson River, Virginia spot have begun to spawn again; trout are slowly returning to the Willimantic River in Connecticut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Sport of Fishing: The Lure of Failure | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

...which accompanies the shop. In the best American diehard tradition Jeremiah Rippe flouted convention, defied public opinion, devoted his whole life to the creation of ever more powerful and improbable looking engines, and eventually died, a broken and unrecognized inventor mourned only by his dog. His last creation--the spawn of a mind unhinged by disappointment--was a monstrous machine that was meant to pull his coffin to his grave...

Author: By Mary Scott, | Title: Imaginary Engines | 11/21/1973 | See Source »

...helplessness and bitterness they feel at their predicament that spawn such groups as Al-Fatah and Black September, comparable to the Jewish Irgun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 19, 1973 | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

...following through on commitments already made." He asked: "How hard can we press without provoking the Soviet leadership into returning to practices in its foreign policy that increase international tension? Are we ready to face the crisis and increased defense budget that a return to cold-war conditions would spawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Fear for Detente Small Hope for A Settlement | 10/22/1973 | See Source »

...inspection of their varied skins on the level, if not of the cell, at least on that of the pore. Each point where light hit the tiniest break of texture or color was set down in a curious, tightly circling calligraphy that resembled beads, or agglomerations of frog spawn. Despite their iconic serenity when seen from a distance, Raffael's paintings disclose a bejeweled profusion of incident close up. "There's just no end to reality," says Raffael. "You can keep going closer into it, but you never ever come out the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A Slice of the River | 10/15/1973 | See Source »

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