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...Rolling," the angelic choir, clad in bell bottoms, backed him up with seastorm voices. They took to hooting and whistling while Yevtushenko writhed in the fog of 20th Century pain, a favorite theme of his. Then the chorus began to chant "push-and-shout, push-and-shout, zig-zag, zig-zag" and they howled an assortment of animal groans. This was done in a kind of dialogue with Yevtushenko and Barry Boys who at some point began to alternate verses. I don't recall if the poem ended on a zig or a zag...

Author: By Richard Dey, | Title: Yevtushenko: Lightweight in a Heavyweight's Garden | 2/28/1972 | See Source »

...viewers desiring drama, the network has dreamed up The Immortal, all about a guy whose blood type makes him immune to disease-as well as aging -and hence is on the run from all those other guys who want his secret; Zig Zag, featuring a trio of master criminologists consisting of Ralph Bellamy, George Maharis and Inger Stevens; and The Silent Force, concerning the fight against organized crime. If that is not enough high drama, every Monday night you can watch N.F.L. Football, which does not really need any explanation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Youth and Sociology | 3/16/1970 | See Source »

...night in Tijuana was a lot dingier than we had expected, even though we had been there before. It is really a grim city. American cars without mufflers from the early 50's roar in zig-zag patterns down the gray, blotched sidewalks. Pre-teen hookers and wiry heroin-pushers alternate street corners. A lack of curiosity and daring kept us moving past them towards tourist shops...

Author: By Jeffrey S. Golden, | Title: Confessions of a Long-Haried Aristocrat | 1/26/1970 | See Source »

...mammals." To that end, the catalogue lists and reviews instructional manuals in such arts as giving a massage ("People rubbing people is always nice. People rubbing people with skill is an order of magnitude nicer"), making beer and wine, building a classical guitar, Film Making in Schools ("Hot ziggety zag") and playing music on a computer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life Styles: Missal for Mammals | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

Next came the props. These are purchasable at hundreds of "head" shoos -those freaky emporia with psychedelic posters in the windows and incense pouring out of the door. I stopped at the grass counter and asked for some regular white Zig-Zag cigarette-rolling papers. Friends had also suggested a Rizla rolling machine if I felt too clumsy to roll my own. Another important purchase was a roach clip, used to hold the "roach" or butt of the joint after it has burned down and concentrated all those good resins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A Straight Adult | 9/26/1969 | See Source »

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