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Australians, long spoiled by a plenitude of jobs, seem less moved by Whitlam's success in reducing unemployment to 1.53%.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: Gough in a Trough | 6/25/1973 | See Source »

Christopher Hampton's adaptation transcribes rather than transcends Ibsen's antique dramaturgy, while Patrick Garland's direction is curiously uninflected, so the whole enterprise gives off the air of a respectful college theatrical. As Nora Helmer, Claire Bloom seems to substitute aspiration for inspiration-a windup doll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Windup Doll | 6/18/1973 | See Source »

DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. Director: Vice Admiral Vincent P. dePoix. Number of employees: 5,000. Budget: $129,300,000. Set up by Robert S. McNamara in August 1961, after the CIA intelligence for Bay of Pigs invasion proved disastrously inadequate, and because the three military services' operations suffered from a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Forces that Monitor and Protect | 6/4/1973 | See Source »

The three Jumbos who reached base got there by virtue of a hit batsman in the first, an error in the second and a lone walk in the sixth. There were only two well hit balls that could have spoiled the no hitter.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J.V.s Swamp Tufts In No-Hit Contest | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

Roz Brayton's shutout was spoiled with two outs and two strikes in the seventh and final inning when erstwhile Lion quarterback Don Jackson belted a home run over the left field fence. Brayton allowed only four hits in the game while striking out eight.

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Batmen Take Twin Bill From Lions | 5/2/1973 | See Source »

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