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...least two Harvard and M. I. T. groups plan to canoe to isolated Mon-??moy Island off Cape Cod and then like nine miles down the beach for ?? 45-second wink of totality...

Author: By Mark W. Oberle, | Title: ?? Blotted Out-From the Sky | 3/6/1970 | See Source »

...mean. Then he changes the instructions-now they're queer monsters. The fans are going wild at this. (He's got a real thing about this type of stuff. Later on he changes Charlie into Lawrence of Arabia. "Now we all know about Lawrence of Arabia, don't we?" Wink at the audience. And for the final act-well...

Author: By Garrelt Epps, | Title: When You Awake, You Will Remember Everything | 2/28/1970 | See Source »

...makes sure that their days are full. For Mrs. Smith he proposes a shopping tour. And what is Mr. Smith to do while the Missus is sacking the stores? Wink, wink. The girls of The Netherlands "take the honors in the firecracker department," Fielding whispers, and in London, ladies of the afternoon can be located by consulting the "business cards" on street bulletin boards. He defends his genteel pandering on the principle that "people's lives are their private lives. A husband and wife come to Europe, they're together, together, together. They're in a rut. The wife decides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: A Guide to Temple Fielding | 6/6/1969 | See Source »

...cruise." When the self-conscious laughter subsides, he explains that "because of the small sample, the computer can't really do its proper job," but that the computer matches should serve to break the ice. "There will be a bed check at 1 a.m.," he says with a wink in his voice, "and if you're caught with anyone in your cabin not on your list, you're in big trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Courtship Computer at Sea | 1/3/1969 | See Source »

...them; hardly anybody totally ignores them. Many, the very good and the very bad, force or insinuate themselves into the imagination. Even a reluctant viewer cannot quite resist the euphoria induced by airline ads that waft him up up and away, or travel spots, island-hopping in a wink of quick cuts, that drop him on a sun-splashed beach. Even while grumbling, he marvels at the dexterity, not to say ludicrous imagery, of a white tornado suddenly swirling through an untidy kitchen. He wakes up singing "You can take Salem out of the country, BUT . . ." His kids, riding shotgun...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: . . . And Now a Word about Commercials | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

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