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...said-"a major news event," but largely because television considers it one. Perhaps there is some value in the Academy's "annual recognition of excellent achievement in the year past," but there is no need for the presentation ceremony to be public. If the Hollywood people themselves get a thrill out of their annual get-together, they would show more taste to keep this a private party...

Author: By Jeremy S. Bluhm, | Title: The Tube Oscarnite | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

...started on smack exactly on the third anniversary of the first time I smoked pot. I'd never stuck a needle in my arm before, and I was petrified. I didn't know what to expect. A friend hit us up. For me, it was a thrill thing. I spent whole weekends hitting up. I was enjoying it more and more. I started hitting up once a day, and a couple of months later I started shooting two and three times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Kids and Heroin: The Adolescent Epidemic | 3/16/1970 | See Source »

...wrestlers fought or why the audience watched. As well as I could determine, each wrestler challenged the other-probably a stranger-with no motive other than a passionate, competitive desire to dump the other guy on his head and keep him there. For the audience, there was only the thrill of a dirty punch, and some half-hearted speculation on an obvious outcome. When I discovered, however, that the men in the ring were getting paid to perform, and that the audience knew what it was getting, my dilemma was solved and my faith in the rationality...

Author: By Puil Lebowitz, | Title: The Theatregoer Jungle of Cities at the Charies Playhouse through March 15 | 3/13/1970 | See Source »

...this a big thrill," someone asked. "Terrific." muttered Stolle. "They named you MVP," Ron Bookman said to Newcombe. "Whoo-cece!," Newk said, unenthusiastically. Poor...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Powers of the Press | 3/12/1970 | See Source »

...sake. She's probably fat or skinny, had bad skin or knocked knees, drawls out your order and crosses her eyes when she adds up the bill. You can shit on her if it makes you feel big, and unless you get really gross, it's a cheap thrill...

Author: By Karen Miller, | Title: This Waitress Is Not for Sale | 3/5/1970 | See Source »

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