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Brilliant Backcourt. In the N.B.A., the question is whether anyone can beat the Washington Bullets. In toppling the defending champion Boston Celtics on its way into the finals, Washington left no doubt why it has the best record in the league: overwhelming strength up front with Center Wes Unseld and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Winter's Last Hurrah | 5/26/1975 | See Source »

The war was begun in a sense by one madman, John Brown, and ended by another, John Wilkes Booth, as Foote says. At any rate, it introduced modern America. Perhaps it was a sardonic premonition that after Lee and Grant met at Appomattox, souvenir hunters wrecked the house where the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Endgame | 1/27/1975 | See Source »

So far, the Attles-Barry leadership has paid off. The Warriors' new center, Clifford Ray, acquired in the deal for Thurmond, has been an outstanding defensive player and rebounder. Barry's teammate at forward is Rookie Keith ("Silk") Wilkes, a U.C.L.A. product who has retained all of his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Best in the West | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

Another reason for the decline of cottage distilleries is the influx of legitimate industry into the South, offering an economic alternative to young men who might formerly have opted for the still life. Also, Southerners' tastes have changed. George R. ("Bob") Powell, special agent in charge of the Division...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Southern Discomfort | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

(THE REV.) RICHARD P. DESHARNAIS Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 6, 1974 | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

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