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Endlessly the butt of off-color jokes, harassed constantly by reporters, both legitimate and bogus, and jeered by frequently unsympathetic crowds at every stall or slip, Guthrie had persevered. So thick were the throngs outside her garage in Gasoline Alley that race cars were unable to get through to the track. Accused of entering just as a publicity stunt, mislabeled caustically as a women's libber and once even asked outright if she was a lesbian, Guthrie calmly disclaimed all, except to say: "I'm a driver, period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: On the Right Track | 5/31/1976 | See Source »

...Liberty is even worse. When we are shown aunt-nephew incest side by side with sadomasochistic monks and nuns in a French country inn, or when we see an elaborate fantasy in which people at a formal dinner sit about publicly on toilets and retire to a dark stall to eat, these are simply contextless bits whose crudity is a far cry from, say, Bunuel's brilliant portrait of the country landlord who forced Jeanne Moreau to parade about in his dead wife's shoes while reading to him from Huysman's decadent novel Against Nature in Diary...

Author: By Peter Kaplan and Jonathan Zeitlin, S | Title: Film | 5/28/1976 | See Source »

...CONTINUING TO stall for time in a situation in which delay is on the side of Bishop Abel Muzorewa--head of the ANC's more militant "external faction"--Smith has probably destroyed the last chance for the peaceful installation of a majority regime. He has driven even the most moderate black leaders into Muzorewa's camp. Nationalist guerilla attacks from Mozambique and Zambia on Rhodesian forces have been intensifying steadily, white emigration has been increasing and the national economy is severely hampered by a lack of foreign exchange owing to United Nations sanctions. Barring massive outside aid from...

Author: By Lawrence B. Cummings, | Title: Smith Cornered in Rhodesia | 4/7/1976 | See Source »

...divided into two camps: those that look like Bette Midler and those that are thin. The former sport needle-thin eyebrows, wavy permanents, and blood-dark lipstick that shines like grease within the neatly-pencilled borders of their mouths. The latter droop against walls and sinks and toilet stall doors, saying nothing; they seem to think that being thin is enough. They're embarassed to be here, as if admitting to human functions belies their lifeless mannequin status...

Author: By R.e. Liebmann, | Title: The Half-hearted Hustle | 3/22/1976 | See Source »

BROWN--DARTMOUTH: The streaking Bruins have won 11 in a row, including two over the Big Green. They'll make it 12 straight tonight in Providence, but will probably stall in the Garden in the really big one, Brown teams usually do. Brown 7, Dartmouth...

Author: By William E. Stedman, | Title: Rock Steady | 3/9/1976 | See Source »

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