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The Scarlet Ruse and The Turquoise Lament are the 14th and 15th installments of MacDonald's serially published dream manual about the beachboy Hamlet, Travis McGee. This paladin is a roughneck who lives on a houseboat in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., despoiling stewardesses and brooding about the decline of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tasty No-Qual | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

Such gratification is worth a lot to anyone fumbling among paperback sleazies in bus-station bookracks. Yet, until now, it has not cost much. MacDonald was an old penny-a-liner, with 50 or 60 paperback thunderations behind him, before he began the Travis McGee series more than a decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tasty No-Qual | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

Much of Travis McGee's appeal is due to his point of view, which is one of slightly disaffected middle age. He may be 6 ft. 4 in., a weapons expert and a former N.F.L. tight end (as who is not, in fantasy?). But he gripes constantly, with some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tasty No-Qual | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

Mather's CHUL representative, Travis P. Dungan'74, said yesterday that the petition was circulated at the recommendation of Dean Whitlock.

Author: By Philip E. Clapp, | Title: Mather Residents Will Petition Rosovsky for Additional Tutors | 11/15/1973 | See Source »

Two candidates, Ruth Getts and Diana Travis, are running on the Socialist Workers slate. They support education controlled by students and teachers, and "a reoriented society which is run for the benefit of the majority.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Players and Games | 11/2/1973 | See Source »

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