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...Righto, Champ," said the Driver as the last remaining hubcap spun down Newbury Street and hit an antique clothing store with a clang...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Chivalry | 8/4/1981 | See Source »

...Nile in personal hygiene? Might not The Call of the Wild be counterbalanced by The Call of the Tame, in which a big, clumsy, good-natured dog named Buck goes on a tour of Hollywood homes, including Lassie's? Who could be offended if An American Tragedy spun off a happy shadow called An American Comedy, in which Clyde Griffiths saves his girlfriend Roberta from drowning and receives a $7.50 reward from the grateful foreman of the factory in which Roberta is considered irreplaceable? Another natural would be Life of a Salesman, in which Willy Loman, 63, invited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: There Must Be a Nicer Way | 7/20/1981 | See Source »

...history of professional baseball, an 8-hr. 7-min., 32-inning endurance contest with the visiting Rochester (N.Y.) Red Wings. The game was finally called at 4:09 the next morning with the score tied 2-2. Since then, Koza, 26, has caught up on his sleep-and spun a few dreams. "I've been thinking about being the hero," Koza said. "I'd go to bed thinking about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fast Finish | 7/6/1981 | See Source »

...FRONT of Holyoke Center, a man and a woman played a bass fiddle and an electric dulcimer. In the entry of the Cambridge Savings Bank, a man picked a guitar and hummed blues on a harmonica. In front of Out of Town News, a juggler spun three balls and told bad jokes. A string quartet sat in the entrance at the Coop and sawed at classical tunes. Little knots of people gathered around each performance, and those walking the block-long stretch moved slowly through, leaving one show and attaching themselves to the crowd at the next, walking from...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Between the Lines | 6/26/1981 | See Source »

After a long period of corporate confusion, Kerkorian divided his holdings into two parts last year. He spun off his hotel and gambling interests, which include the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, into a separate company called MGM Grand Hotels Inc., and his movie properties into MGM Film Co. It was shortly after the two MGM companies were split that a fire took 84 lives last November at the MGM Grand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad Days at the Box Office | 6/1/1981 | See Source »

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