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...mellowed. Bob's son Tom is married to the scheming Natalie, whom he defended in court. Bob's sister-in-law, pretty Kim, is married to nasty Dr. John Dixon, who has spent years trying to stop her from running off with handsome Dr. Dan Stewart. Last summer a tornado helped him; it knocked Kim down, causing amnesia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sex and Suffering in the Afternoon | 1/12/1976 | See Source »

...early in 1973, the companies saw their portfolios wither and their reserves drop 22%, to $21 billion by the end of 1974. At about the same time, inflation was racing ahead to record levels, sending claims costs soaring, a condition that was worsened by an unusually high number of tornado and fire losses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INFLATION: The Latest Casualty | 1/5/1976 | See Source »

...reasonable standards, his performance was a triumph. With his team down 2-0 to the Dallas Tornado at the beginning of the second half, Pelé set up a goal with a pinpoint pass to teammate Mordechai Shpigler. Then he scored the tying goal by deflecting a Shpigler kick past Tornado Goalkeeper Ken Cooper with a deft flick of his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A $4.5 Million Gamble | 6/30/1975 | See Source »

Magic and fantasy, asserts Holder, are what this world is starving for, and he is clearly a man who knows his Munchkins. No witch doctor could have conjured up a more fantastical stewpot of sights for bored eyes. The tornado that sweeps Dorothy to Oz is a dancer whose headgear spouts 100 yards of black silk swirling to the rafters. The Yellow Brick Road is a quartet of lanky dudes in brilliant yellow brick-patterned tailcoats. An armor of beer cans and garbage cans makes the Tin Man. Originally scheduled not only to direct and costume the show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Wizard of Trinidad | 5/5/1975 | See Source »

Stalking into town nervously we soon discovered that no one was in school that day because of flooding and the tornado watch. We toured the town of three or four thousand a little too thoroughly for my taste, then holed up at the Kentucky Fried Chicken place by a pay phone to call Penny's go-between Jilly. There weren't many other places. A Spin-a-Pin six-lane bowling center, a few 7-11s, and the remnants of a destroyed drive-in movie screen torn up by a tornado while Gone With the Wind was playing, said...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: The Power of Love: A Nashville Lightning Storm | 4/18/1975 | See Source »

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