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...above all--at least compared to its competition--Tomorrow is interesting. Standing rigid in his spartan set, Snyder delivers serious monologues that, despite clumsy rhetoric, usually make points more memorable than the tunes from "Stump the Band." Probably, some guests will stomp off his show, but undoubtedly, many sets will remain on after Tonight...

Author: By Tom Lee, | Title: A Morning After Pill | 10/27/1973 | See Source »

...HORDES THAT fill the sticky, smok Astor theater to see Jimi Plays Berkeley are rock concert crowds. They shout to friends in the balcony and stomp their feet impatiently. And when the house lights dim--after the usual delay peculiar to rock concerts--matches flare and shoulders hunch throughout the theater. Excited, they sit back to let the Jimi Hendrix Experience wash over them...

Author: By Thomas H. Lee, | Title: Curtain Call | 10/4/1973 | See Source »

...months past his third birthday, and Papa thinks "he's going to be very good. We practice one or two hours every day." Segovia, the world's master guitarist, has retired to Spain's Costa del Sol and stopped giving concerts: "How can I stomp the world again when all I want to do is be with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 20, 1973 | 8/20/1973 | See Source »

...women about ways of discouraging attack. The Los Angeles squad, noting that karate takes years to master, advocates screaming as a possible alternative. Sandy Pinches of the East Lansing center wholeheartedly advocates force: "A karate chop to the Adam's apple can kill a guy. Or you can stomp down with your heels on his shins-rip out his skin there or smash his instep." In Washington, the center recommends carrying spray oven cleaners, plastic lemons for squirting juice or ammonia, lighted cigarettes ("smash out in eye"), or corkscrews ("jab quickly and directly, then twist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Women Against Rape | 4/23/1973 | See Source »

...sort of present Howard Hughes received last week when the Supreme Court decided by a vote of 6-2 that a series of lower courts were wrong when they ruled that the eccentric billionaire owed Trans World Airlines $170 million in damages plus interest. "Hughes didn't stomp his feet or say, 'Hell, it's about time,' " said one of his London entourage. "But he was happy. He was absolutely ecstatic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Victory for Hughes | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

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