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Princeton demonstrated much more offensive punch than had been predicted by pre-season observers, but its defense system was not seriously tested. That test comes today, and the results should not bring smiles to Tigertown. Columbia in this one, by a Lion's tail...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Philadelphia Game Should Indicate Indians' Strength | 10/5/1963 | See Source »

...point (never mind why) a character is riding a mare through a snowstorm. He feels his saddle slipping and rides "like an Indian ducking rifle fire. Was he on her or beneath her? Was it the mane or the tail in his face?" There you have the book. The reader enjoys the ride, then feels himself slipping. A mutinous suspicion arises-does the author really know mane from tail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Horsebackwards | 10/4/1963 | See Source »

Egbert also has to live down some mishaps from the '63 model year. Foremost among them was the longnose, short-tail Avanti sports car, which Egbert intended as his answer to the Thunderbird. An incredible series of production snafus involving its Fiberglas body delayed the Avanti's debut by six months; Egbert had confidently predicted 10,000 sales of the '63 Avantis-at about $5,000 each-but only 1,743 have moved. Similarly hurt was the sales potential of another Egbert innovation, the Wagonaire station wagon with a sliding roof; at the last minute, Studebaker discovered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Studebaker's Year of Decision | 9/20/1963 | See Source »

From the air, the $2,000,000 operating wing looks like a giant tadpole, an chored to the main building by its tail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Surgery: Operating Rooms In the Round | 9/13/1963 | See Source »

...eight-foot dying dolphin in the fish pen," said Sandy. Sure enough, there in the pen was Flipper, with a scuba diver's spear stuck in him. "Get me a knife and the iodine," said Mom. Before long Flipper was cavorting, grinning, dancing on his tail, laughing a porpoise laugh that sounded something like a very old automobile starting on a very cold day-ugga-ugga-ugga-ugga, chug-chug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Lassie with Fins | 9/13/1963 | See Source »

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