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One product of this arrangement is a hot, even, slow-burning fire; about 30% of the heat generated inside the slot eventually streams out into the room. There is another bonus: it is easy to light. A conventional fire requires a pile of kindling, a few balls of crumpled newspaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Physicist's Fire | 12/22/1975 | See Source »

Things are open and exposed, somehow, and with no ivy or bricked streets you feel more vulnerable, look in the rear-view mirror for the old Attica boys tooling down the highway with the trusty thirty-odd-six strapped to the dashboard. Vicious radar traps; Rocky's drug laws, which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MISCELLANY | 12/18/1975 | See Source »

Kubrick turned to Barry Lyndon after a projected biography of Napoleon proved too complex and expensive even for him. He reread the novel several times, "looking for traps, making sure it was do-able." With typically elaborate caution, he got Warners' backing on the basis of an outline in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KUBRICK'S GRANDEST GAMBLE | 12/15/1975 | See Source »

The second period began as spirited as the first. Both teams demonstrated nifty passing and dribbling skills in concert with an assortment of timely chest and thigh traps. As before, Brown controlled the offensive tempo of the game, but a determined Crimson defensive unit seemed impeccable. Finally, at 28:48...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frosh Booters Defeat Brown In Squeaker | 11/15/1975 | See Source »

As in any tour, there are obligatory stops: Esalen, ESP and the elusive Carlos Castaneda, whom Goodman traps briefly in a stair well. "I'm Carlos' double," the gentleman insists before scooting off. Indeed, many people are not what they seem to be. Swami Hal, for example, is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Head Game | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

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