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White lightning's still the biggest thrill of all.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lord, They've Done It All | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

Since the U.S. Supreme Court in 1972 handed down its 5-to-4 ruling that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment ("In the same way that being struck by lightning is cruel and unusual," struck wrote by Justice Potter Stewart), 22 states have redrafted execution laws. It was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Death Again | 3/25/1974 | See Source »

He avoids the Hollywood social marathon but is not the contemplative fellow he sometimes pretends to be. He is known for lightning affairs with starlets. He hates other people's parties ("I don't like making conversation with someone I'll never see again"), but enjoys giving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Producer: Robert Evans | 3/18/1974 | See Source »

Jean-Luc and I got him washed and into bed. When the thunder broke he began to shake with terror and glee. The war, his father, the people on the beach, bombs, planes and lightning were all the same to him for that moment. When the storm finally subsided he...

Author: By Amanda Bennett, | Title: Bombs and Le Bon Dieu | 2/16/1974 | See Source »

For Ali, perhaps the most versatile heavyweight who ever pulled on a pair of padded gloves, the passage into the dusk of his fighting career must be a particularly bitter one. Robbed of three productive years in his fighting prime for embracing unpopular political beliefs, Ali, since re-emerging into...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Petering Out | 1/28/1974 | See Source »

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