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...Ashe's nerves by protesting the linesmen's eyesight and judgment with baroque Balkan-and some internationally known-gestures. Irked by a footfault call, he dropped his racket in disbelief. Later, convinced that a service linesman had robbed him on an out call, Nastase threw a towel toward the official and whacked a ball at him. Such unseemly pique drew boos from the crowd and a rebuke from Ashe, who complained to the umpire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Intruder from the East | 9/25/1972 | See Source »

...ADAMS HOUSE bathroom I have two towels; not Gordon Linen, but "B rough of Camden." They come from Camden, a suburb north of London, and they were given to me by a lifeguard there. I first saw him standing beside the pool flexing his arms. He was wearing long white pants and a yellow sleeveless shirt. I wanted to laugh, but instead I asked him where I could put my towel. He inspected it; it was small and tatty. "Is this all you have?" he asked me in accented English...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Poolcrawl | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

...sick and tired of injuries, but I'm not dragging out the crying towel," McCurdy said after running down the long list of disabled and maimed. "Our problems this Spring are related to how many people we have healthy, rather than the lack of a Spring trip," he said. "It all depends on how soon we can use the sick and the injured...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Track Team Cancels Southern Trip | 3/28/1972 | See Source »

...ENGLAND old-age pensioners--OAPs-- get all kinds of benefits in addition to their rather meager pensions. During non-rush hours they can ride public transport at half-fare, every day of the week they can take free baths (with soap and one towel provided) at public bathhouses, and before four o'clock they get reduced prices at cinemas. Each pensioner gets a little card to use when he buys fuel in the winter, paying a special cut price to the government which owns all utilities...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: A State of Welfare | 3/24/1972 | See Source »

...theater baptism service. Inside, they were led into a dark room. Fixed to the walls were the haunting images of the '60s: photos of the Kennedy brothers and Martin Luther King, front pages with dread black headlines. Further on, in an open bathroom, a young man in a towel was shaving, singing We Shall Overcome. Hippiesque youngsters extended open hands with greetings of "love." The worshipers got a surprise along with the handshake: a palmful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Baptism by Theater | 1/3/1972 | See Source »

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