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...Wide-open Atmosphere. Thus everybody talks about the current sexual situation; but does everyone know what he's talking about? No new Kinsey report or Gallup poll can chart the most private-and most universal-of subjects. What people say does not necessarily reflect what they do, and what they do does not necessarily show how they feel about it. Yet out of an aggregate of words and actions, every society makes a statement about itself. Methodist Bishop Gerald Kennedy of Los Angeles sums it up: "The atmosphere is wide open. There is more promiscuity, and it is taken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Morals: The Second Sexual Revolution | 1/24/1964 | See Source »

...vast, wide-open spaces, the present and the future of Texas almost certainly lie in the quality of life, the industry and creative ideas of its cities. Some 75% of all Texans now live in urban areas; yet most of them retain an affinity with their country cousins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Texas: Close to the Land | 1/17/1964 | See Source »

...John Yovicsin last night expressed great satisfaction with the new regulation and predicted that everyone would enjoy the game more next Fall. Yovicsin said that now the coaches would be able to coach and the officials officiate rather than waste time on bookkeeping. Spectators can look forward to more wide-open tactics...

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: NCAA Passes Liberal Substitution Rule | 1/14/1964 | See Source »

Pledged Daughter. Bombay rivals Tokyo as the world's queen city of vice. Its wide-open red-light district runs for block after block through the center of town, and heavily mascaraed male and female prostitutes try to entice passers by into their "cages"-narrow stalls with wooden barred doors and a single bed. The cage dwellers charge only 42? per customer, but there are also upper-class brothels where Anglo-Indian girls receive patrons in high-ceilinged boudoirs with brilliant red curtains. Many of Bombay's estimated 70,000 whores are Devadasis, who practice prostitution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Hustler's Reward | 1/10/1964 | See Source »

Seven-A-Sides rugger is played, obviously enough, with seven men on a team, (three forwards, three backs, and a scrumhalf) in two seven-minute periods of play. With much razzle dazzle and little differentiation in position, it is a wide-open game, similar to touch football. The forwards also play like backs, and there are few scrums and a great deal of running...

Author: By Susan M. Rogers, | Title: Defending Rugby Club Loses Match In N.Y. 'Seven-A-Sides' Tournament | 12/3/1963 | See Source »

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