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...inside-and wry-view of the fitness fad, we called on Contributor John Skow, a longtime practitioner of mens sana in corpore sano. A former staff writer, Skow left New York City 15 years ago for the salubrious airs of the country. On his 45-acre New Hampshire farm, he chops the wood that heats his house and repairs stone fences. A runner, Skow also enjoys tennis, canoeing, skiing and hiking. In 1971 he climbed the 24,500-ft. Mt. Noshaq in Afghanistan...
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...same bright innocence struck TIME Contributor John Skow, who flew in to New York to spend four days with Ronstadt before writing the cover story. It was his first total immersion in the frenetic ambience of rock. An ex-TIME staffer-he wrote our cover story on J.D. Salinger (TIME, Sept. 15, 1961)-Skow lives sequestered with his family in a New Hampshire country house that he heats entirely by wood. Says he: "My main occupation is splitting billets of maple and birch." Being in good shape helped on his first interview with Ronstadt, when he suddenly found himself jogging...
...While Skow and Vallely were struggling to keep up with Ronstadt in New York, Los Angeles Correspondent Edward J. Boyer was talking with her fellow musicians and record company executives on the West Coast, and David DeVoss submitted a file that distilled the essence of the Los Angeles rock scene...
...Francisco as he waits to wreck the vessel. But Hayden is a rueful realist, and the book's conclusion allows no romantic vengeance. The great, evil ship still floats, Harwar is stony drunk, and he and his dreams of social justice drift off on the tidal rip. John Skow...