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...Boundary Waters canoe area in northern Minnesota, along the Canadian border, is an unspoiled wilderness of lakes, rivers and streams where nothing can be heard but the swish of canoe paddles and the plaintive call of the loon. The Black Mesa, off the old Santa Fe Trail in northernmost Oklahoma, is totally undeveloped, with "self-sufficient" camping only; from its highest point 4,978 ft. above sea level, there is a view of Colorado, New Mexico and Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Adventure in Tranquil Places | 8/18/1975 | See Source »

...imitating a cock's crow at dawn; and another enters to ape a train whistle by blowing into a set of three wooden pipes. When an 11-year-old Joe Crowell appears to deliver the morning newspapers, we spot another fellow crouching to create a swish-plop on the stage floor with a wire brush and a soft beater, while Joe mimes the act of delivery. And, again, we watch someone make the sound of rattling bottles and clomping hooves although Howie Newsome's horse and milk-carrier are invisible...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Wilder's 'Our Town' an Exalting Experience | 7/8/1975 | See Source »

...Quakers staged their second explosion of the half immediately afterwards. This time, it took only one minute and twenty-nine seconds for Bigelow to swish two jump shots, a Johnson lay-up, and a Johnson jumper which concluded the eight-point spurt and made the score Penn 64, Harvard...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Quakers Explode in Second Half to Destroy Cagers | 2/18/1975 | See Source »

Mike Griffin then hit on a long jumper, and stole a foolish Brown pass under his own basket. After bringing the ball up-court, he spotted Carey free to the left of the foul circle, Swish. Brown 77, Harvard 75, Thirty-five seconds remained...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Hoopsters Drop a Squeaker to Brown | 2/10/1975 | See Source »

While the Williams team fiddled around the court fouling, traveling and double dribbling, Radcliffe reeled off eight flawless points. Jeannie Guyton was the star of the first period, grabbing four points in the first two minutes. Debbie Woods contributed with a perfect outside swish, and Maude Wood collected two on an easy...

Author: By Ellen A. Cooper, | Title: Radcliffe Avenges Recent Loss, Cagers Whip Williams, 46-16 | 3/4/1974 | See Source »

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