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...ball, had its murky origins in the late 19th century. The game seems to have been invented by an American or an Englishman: it was originally promoted in Britain and the U.S. by toy and game companies, under the patented name Ping Pong. As a competitive sport, it has seldom been taken seriously in this country, and today it is usually relegated to suburban basements, where sons can wreak Oedipal vengeance on their panting middle-aged fathers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Fastest Wrists in the East | 4/19/1971 | See Source »

...energy reading about, applying for and being rejected from jobs they had no chance of getting in the first place." As for the demand that women should get equal pay for equal work, Greer thinks it is much ado about little. The hard fact is that women very seldom do equal work. This is partly their own fault. "Opportunities have been made available to women far beyond their desires to use them. [And] the women who avail themselves of opportunities too often do so in a feminine, filial, servile fashion." Why? Because women's energy "is systematically deflected from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Sex and the Super-Groupie | 4/12/1971 | See Source »

Jeff Brokaw took second place in the three-mile. He was nipped by LSU's John Stewart who won in 13:59.6. Brokaw ran 14:01. Both McCurdy and Stowell said they were pleased with Brokaw's performance in the event which is seldom...

Author: By E.j. Dionne, | Title: Thinclads Fried on Southern Trip; Florida Wins in Pre-Season Contest | 4/12/1971 | See Source »

Vietnamese believe fear is a sign of weakness and seldom like to express such feelings publicly. Such, however, is not the case for those who have been into Laos, have fought, and have returned to speak of their experiences. The heavy fighting the troops have witnessed gives the veterans a right to speak of apprehensions, a right not earned by the others...

Author: By Clement Mietus, | Title: 'Why Aren't the Americans Fighting With Us?' | 4/2/1971 | See Source »

Fewer Frills. Seldom have so many fundamental forces lined up simultaneously to support a rise in housing. Young adults are forming families at a rate some 40% higher than during the 1950s and early 1960s, and hundreds of thousands of them have moved in with relatives, creating a pent-up demand. Home and apartment vacancies in metropolitan areas remain close to a 15-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Houses: The Year of the Big Buy | 3/29/1971 | See Source »

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