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...from the surging street crowds, are Prince Philip, Princess Margaret and their highnesses, Rainier and Grace. Unlike the youthful tourists, however, the beautiful people last week showed keen interest in some of the Olympic competition, especially the dressage qualification in horseback riding at the exclusive Riem Riding Academy, and trap and skeet shooting on the elegant Hockbruck course. The man who took home gold that he hardly needed was Neapolitan Hosteler Angelo Scalzone. The impeccable socialite was mobbed by his countrymen and unfashionably tossed into the air. This week the attention of Munich Munich?and the world?will focus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spitz | 9/11/1972 | See Source »

...barring acts of God or a radical sweep of city elections, the transformation of Harvard Square is unstoppable. Whether the class of '76 spends its first reunion in a honky-tonk tourist trap, or a thriving, accessible, commercially diverse Harvard Square, will be known--soon...

Author: By Mark C. Frazier, | Title: Future Shock | 9/1/1972 | See Source »

...money.) When Priest finds out that he can't escape at all--the Man won't let such a good seller go, and the Man happens to be also the Deputy Police Commissioner-Priest must use his wits and restrain his brawn, come out with a plan that can trap even the highest head on the dope trade totem pole sans direct violence. He wins because of his intelligence, and because he is right--of all the blacks who were sucked into illicit trade, at least one man has to break the chain if it is ever to be stopped...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: Super Fly | 8/22/1972 | See Source »

...CENTURY after the Union Army turned back General Robert E. Lee at Gettysburg, the little southeast Pennsylvania town has degenerated into a tourist trap. Fried-chicken stands, ice cream palaces and motels clutter the surroundings of what Lincoln called consecrated ground. Two years ago, Maryland Entrepreneur Thomas Ottenstein announced plans to erect the most garish attraction yet: a modernistic 307-ft. observation tower overlooking the battleground, complete with $750,000 worth of audio-visual equipment to provide what Ottenstein calls a "classroom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Gettystower | 8/14/1972 | See Source »

There is a single trap door open to the roof, so Jon and I take a complete tour of the roof to see whether the open door would be dangerous. We have begun to get caught up in the adventure of the affair. The roof, on this Tuesday afternoon, is primarily melting tar, but a tour around the narrow ledge gives us no trouble at all. The Garden roof is bereft of good hiding places save the fire escapes, and the dogs are guarding them. But we are very thorough, checking the ventilator shafts, and the doors. There...

Author: By Frederick Boyd, | Title: 'You Guys Aren't Exactly Muscle Beach' | 7/28/1972 | See Source »

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