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...there was no escaping it. El amigo del padre has to join in too if he did not want to be rude. So I took the glass, spilled a little out in the customary Quechua gesture of thanks to Pachamamma, or Mother Earth, closed my eyes, and drank. "Que bueno!" How good! I said through my teeth as I handed the cup back to the peasant...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: Bolivia | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

...face, which appeared so innocent because of the childish woolen cap he wore. Many of the men and boys wear this traditional protection against the cold. It looks something like the flight cap of a World War I flying ace, with flaps pulled down over the ears. "Que es?" --What is it? I asked gamely enough, as I looked at the bottle that said "Coca-Cola" through the dust that covered it. The men continued to laugh. They must not speak Spanish, I thought. I hesitated a moment, but as I caught the eye of the one on the left...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: Bolivia | 2/22/1974 | See Source »

Imagine Ionesco's Rhinoceros cut, cramped, revved up and staged on a go-go dancer's platform in a roadhouse discothèque. That gives a hint of the kind of upbeat, frantic vulgarization done here by Julian Barry and Tom O'Horgan in another of eight filmed plays mounted by the American Film Theater. O'Horgan and Barry collaborated on Lenny, the Broadway biography of Lenny Bruce, and this film contains the same sort of trendy stunts, the same kind of empty, aggressive energy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Zoo Story | 2/4/1974 | See Source »

...Whatever will be, will be./ The future's not ours to see." Que Sera, Sera, the 1956 platter, may sound a bit soupy and syncopated today. But when Rock Star Sly Stone, 29, of Sly and the Family Stone, heard the mother of Record Producer Terry Melcher sing it at her very own piano, he was turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 9, 1973 | 7/9/1973 | See Source »

Swooping and slashing down the ice, the shaggy-haired trio is a French Canadian version of a banzai attack. Perreault, 22, from Victoriaville, Que., centers the line with an extraordinary swift and shifty verve. On his left is Martin, 21, from Montreal, a deceptive dervish with an overpowering slapshot. And on the right is Robert, 24, from Trois Rivieres, Que., a stylish sharpshooter who is the line's leading scorer. So far this season, the three have collectively scored 212 points (92 goals, 120 assists) and are the principal reason why the Sabres are battling the Detroit Red Wings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The French Connection | 3/19/1973 | See Source »

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