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...young woman, played by Lisa Ingalls, is abducted by a disturbed man, played by Joel Polinsky. She is bound, gagged, and strapped to a swivel chair. Her assailant proceeds to strip her while narrating the story of his life. Ultimately, he persuades her to stay with him of her own will. In Sweet Eros, the hero offers us a vision of life so meaningless, that judging the moral reprehensibility of his actions is impossible. His girlfriend committed suicide, his mother died of cancer; life to him has become an absurd game which he likens to the scurrying of ants across...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Erratic Eros | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...with two minutes left in the half, the swivel-hipped Cochran picked up a loose ball just before the midfield stripe. Sifting through the entire N.U. defense she took it in the rest of the way, and Radcliffe walked off at halftime trailing by only...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley jr., | Title: Radcliffe Laxwomen Lose Heartbreaker, 6-5, Despite Strong Efforts by Johnson, Cochran | 5/14/1974 | See Source »

...second day of his crossexamination, the usually dour Mitchell was so jauntily confident that he winked at newsmen as he entered the courtroom, then leaned back in the swivel chair on the stand with all the casual but tough authority he used to exude when he was the President's chief political strategist as well as his top law-enforcement officer. It simply never occurred to him, insisted Mitchell, that Vesco had given the $200,000 in order to get help in his struggle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (which eventually charged Vesco and 41 associates with perpetrating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRIALS: Their Own Best Witnesses | 4/29/1974 | See Source »

Close associates said it wasn't the injury as much as Carter knowing he might never win another race and that his once flashy knee action would be but a creaky echo of his former "lightening swivel...

Author: By Tim Carlson, | Title: Legends Die Hard--Cid Wins Temple Mountain Slalom Race | 1/21/1974 | See Source »

...about the same age who is dressed in frayed blue jeans and a loose blouse. It is painfully obvious to the diners who have observed their entrance that she is wearing no bra, and the man with the blueberry cream follows the couple closely, rotating slowly on his swivel chair at the counter, until they have seated themselves in one corner of the restaurant. A waitress shakes her head and clicks her tongue. "Will you look at that," she chides, and retires into the kitchen. A majority of the customers appear to make a few comments on the arrivals before...

Author: By Daniel H. Maccoby, | Title: Walking Through Maine With 'Down-to-Earth' Bill | 10/10/1973 | See Source »

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