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...theatrical history with considerable help from classic scripts (Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire) and talented actors (Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Lee J. Cobb). Kazan's second career in the solitary business of writing has so far resulted in three commercially successful novels that tend to thrash about in alien corn. There is nothing wrong with The Understudy, for instance, that a good script and some believable characters would not help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Assays of Elia | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

...know enough about science or philosophy to assess Pirsig's originality from that perspective, but he did not write the book to be weighed in as a philosopher. The autobiographical threads that connect his chautauquas possess the urgency of self-revelation. An attempt to exorcize and thrash the "ghost of rationality" haunts Pirsig's story, and his personal quest animates the intellectual odyssey. The book's roots in common experience enable one to follow and savor its course...

Author: By William E. Forbath, | Title: Seeking The Good Mechanic | 5/24/1974 | See Source »

Fourth-seeded, the 'Cliffe tandem started slowly on Saturday, struggling to subdue a pesky entry from Cornell, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. But a practice session between matches paid dividends as Thal and Muscatine rebounded to thrash Smith...

Author: By Dennis P. Corbett, | Title: 'Cliffe Tennis Ties for 3rd in Weekend Tourney | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

Earlier, Mahavishnu Bill Walton and his troupe of graduating seniors decided against boycotting the consolation game, and played just enough 9less than one half) to thrash Kansas 78-61 for third place...

Author: By Robert T. Garrett, | Title: N.C. State Trounces Marquette; Notches NCAA Crown, 76-64 | 3/26/1974 | See Source »

...designs have made small concessions to the years; they are built for simplicity and safety, for ease of maintenance and sea-kindliness, and the comfort of their crews. Near by, their neighbors wait for an afternoon sail to a convenient cove, a chase around the buoys or an ocean thrash that will strain the speed and strength of modern racing machines. But these are purely cruising boats. Their skippers are cruising men, more concerned with the unchanging requirements of the sea than with the changing compromises of racing-handicap rules. They are satisfied with what are essentially old-fashioned ships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Cruising: The Good Life Afloat | 6/18/1973 | See Source »

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