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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pitch of last week's praise for Coward was a measure of what he himself calls "the Noel Coward renaissance." He has lived long enough to see himself transformed from a faded relic of some impossibly sophisticated yesterday into a minor classic. After World War II, a new generation viewed him-along with P. G. Wodehouse-as the last, slightly ridiculous vestige of the frivolous '20s. Country houses, stiff upper lips, cocktails-and-laughter-but-oh-what-comes-after and all that. Many of his plays flopped in the '40s and '50s and his fortunes sagged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Noel Coward at 70 | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

...Under a pitch-black sky, the Ocean of Storms presents an eerie face, its black shadows starkly contrasting with the blinding white reflection of early morning sunlight from the desolate, rock-strewn surface. The black-and-white monotony is broken only by the color brought to the moon by man-the golden insulating foil on Intrepid, (continued on page 41) the red and blue of the American flag, the golden reflection from the umbrella antenna-and the blues of the earth in the sky above...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Moon: A New View of the Ocean of Storms | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...operates in heavy traffic-from tackle to tackle. There have been times, however, when his savage, slashing style-quick start, high knee action, body leaning forward -proved embarrassing. More than once, he has burst through into the secondary, only to have his own momentum carry him helplessly forward and pitch him head first and untouched onto the turf. "It was humiliating," he says. "Just imagine shaking loose with all that grass in front of you and then falling down. Some of the guys kidded me about it. 'Show Owens daylight,' they said, 'and he doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Booming Sooner | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

...dubs for what they were. But Richard Williams, critic for the pop weekly Melody Maker, was caught with his avant-garde down. After listening earnestly to each of the four sides, Williams solemnly reported that sides two and four consisted entirely of single tones, "presumably produced electronically." Their pitch, he noted, varied by microtones and "this oscillation produces an almost subliminal uneven 'beat' which maintains interest." Added Williams: "You could have a ball by improvising your very own raga, plainsong, or even Gaelic mouth music against the drone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Empty Platter | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

Blaine ended his speech with a pitch for "realizing the tremendous value inherent in the idealism of today's young . . . youth serves an important function when it startles us out of complacency and stirs us . . . to act toward a healthy change...

Author: By Jeff Magalif, | Title: From the Shrink Blaine on Youth | 11/20/1969 | See Source »

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