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Scorpio's orgy scene finally sprang on the silver screen. The old man jumped up and down in his seat, "They're a-coming, they're a-coming," he wheezed. The genitals shot was in ten seconds. He was up on his feet, treacherously supporting the spindly legs bowed by years of riding. Tears came to his eyes. His Polident began to loosen. His friends frantically pulled the zippers on their storm cuffs back and forth until...

Author: By George H. Rosen, | Title: Sin, Flicks, and Tech | 4/25/1966 | See Source »

...with an earsplitting, earth-shaking roar. The German countryside beyond the Kustrin bridgehead seemed to explode. Entire villages disintegrated. Earth, concrete, steel, bits of trees spewed into the air. The concussion from the thundering guns was so tremendous that troops and equipment alike shook uncontrollably. A hot wind suddenly sprang up and howled through the forests, bending saplings and whipping dust and debris into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Final Agony | 4/1/1966 | See Source »

Urbanization is a worldwide phenomenon, and there is hardly a city from Vienna to Vientiane that is not hard pressed to accommodate swelling populations in orderly fashion. American cities face a special disadvantage, however, for they sprang full-blown from the wilderness; there was no planned base for rational expansion, as there was in Baron Haussmann's Paris or Peter the Great's St. Petersburg. In 1790 the nation's first census showed that 95% of Americans lived on farms or in hamlets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cities: Hope for the Heart | 3/4/1966 | See Source »

...torrid race for the Ivy League championship began to become untangled last night. Penn scored a 67-53 over Columbia, and Cornell sprang a mild upset by defeating Princeton, 86 to 77. That leaves Penn in undisputed possession of first place with a 9-1 mark; Columbia, Cornell, and Princeton are all 8-2. Tonight, Cornell plays at Penn and Princeton hosts Columbia. Penn should win, and that should give the Quakers a moderately solid lead in the Ivy race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five Beats Brown, 74-65, Despite Weak Second Half | 2/19/1966 | See Source »

...entire basis on which they are set, A.T. &T. stock has slumped to a two-year low in a market that overall has soared to alltime highs. A.T. &T. shares were-already below their peak of 75 (after a 2-for-l stock split in 1964) when the commission sprang its surprise. Between Oct. 28 and Feb. 2, they dropped from 661 to 581, inflicting $4.36 billion in paper losses on A.T. &T. investors. Showman Billy Rose, the company's largest individual shareholder, lost $700,000 of his $10.7 million fortune in A.T. &T. between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communications: Ma Bell & Her Friends | 2/18/1966 | See Source »

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