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Line one of Chapter 1 consists of three of the Italian language's least printable words, strung together in a scatological drumbeat. The chapter then depicts Antonia, the 16-year-old heroine of the story, masturbating as she falls asleep. In the course of the next 185 pages, she and Rocco, her 17-year-old boy friend, sample a farrago of sex, including sodomy and homosexual affairs. But sex is only one of the reasons that the novel Winged Pig* has become a sensational bestseller in Italy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Winged Pigs | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

Honick converted on a three-point play after connecting from the perimeter, but the Beavers' Mike Baize strung back-to-back baskets to close out the half...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoopsters Cruise By City in IAB Debut, 59-49 | 12/11/1976 | See Source »

...Strung together under that '60s rubric are two series of papers from a couple of different conferences staged by the Academy. The first half of the journal presents papers from a conference on adulthood, the second on problems of public policy. Unfortunately, none of these articles really comes to terms with or provides any new visions of American civilization. In fact, there is an astonishing amount of re-hash, unoriginal thinking and just plain shoddy workmanship by many of the dozen authors involved in this issue...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Jaded philosophies | 12/8/1976 | See Source »

Both squads bandied baskets as the score stood at 8-8 before the Crimson strung out a four-point lead that stood throughout the half...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: Cagers Humble Chiefs 73-58; Freshmen Succumb | 12/2/1976 | See Source »

...market for heroin followed the classic laws of narcotics economy. When the French Connection was cut in 1972, the slack in the American market was soon filled by Mexican heroin, but European addicts were temporarily strung out. At the same time, American withdrawal from Viet Nam cost Southeast Asia's Chinese Tai Los (dope bosses) their most lucrative market. According to one American narcotics expert, "It was simply natural that the twain [Asian supply and European demand] should meet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DRUGS: Heroin Rides an Orient Express | 11/29/1976 | See Source »

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