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...name is Archibald Cox. His occupation for the last year has been right-hand man. Among those who count, he is thought to have exercised this power with great finesse and strength...

Author: By Scott W. Jacobs, | Title: Seven Men Who Won't Become The 25th Harvard President | 9/21/1970 | See Source »

...Cantabrian ports under a steely drizzle, the boats lie abandoned, as if it were a night of atomic catastrophe. Now 30 million people clench their jaws and trace terrible right-hand uppercuts in their mind's eye. A farmer near Cestona is said to have wagered he will eat his motorcycle tires should the challenger fail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boxing: Numero Uno | 4/20/1970 | See Source »

...poking in the puck after a melee in front of the Exonians' net with defenseman Bob Muse picking up a assist. Ten minutes of frustrating hockey followed until McManama stole a pass at the red line and, going in alone, beat the goalie on a shot into the upper right-hand corner of the net. The first period ended with the score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Skaters Stagger To Sloppy Exeter Victory | 3/5/1970 | See Source »

...room where a group of about 20 playgoers at a time is told what to do by a soft-spoken instructor. Everyone sits down in a circle, clasps hands and closes his or her eyes. The instructor sets a cycle of squeezed hands going, a kind of charged current binding the circle together. As one's left hand is squeezed, one presses the hand of one's right-hand neighbor. This flows around the circle with increasing rapidity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Love Play in Braille | 2/23/1970 | See Source »

Sweden last week chose a Social Democrat as leader, right in step with the West Germans. But Sweden's Social Democrats have been in power for 37 years, save for a 100-day lapse in 1936, and their new Prime Minister is 13 years younger, and somewhat livelier, than is Willy Brandt. As Minister of Communications, Olof Palme helped steer the country from left-to right-hand traffic in 1967. According to his critics, that was the only time Olof has moved away from the left since he started shaving. Conservatives in his own country call him a renegade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweden: Hot Soup from Olof | 10/10/1969 | See Source »

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