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With just a glint of annoyance behind his thick spectacles, Author Robert Reisner emerged from the ladies' room of a Greenwich Village pub to confront nine girls and a Roman Catholic priest. "They've painted it!" he said. "Let's try the other John...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Curriculum: Handwriting on the Wall | 11/15/1968 | See Source »

...comes in small, interlocking units, each of which looks like a giant pince-nez; they thus hug the contour of the land while presenting no joints to catch the sharp ski edges or the skier's thumb and fingers, should he fall. In addition, the units are covered with thick, round-ended bristles, colored green to guard against ultraviolet rays that make the plastic brittle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recreation: Snowless Skiing, Iceless Skating | 11/15/1968 | See Source »

...discovery of the Neolithic community upset earlier theories, which held that Neolithic man had never ventured into such inhospitable surroundings. The Neolithic ruins are surrounded by the remnants of a huge wall, 7 feet high and 20 feet thick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Archaeological Unit From Harvard Unearths Lost Fortress in Persia | 11/12/1968 | See Source »

...neolithic community that thrived as early as 5500 B.C. The find upsets earlier theories, which held that neolithic man had never ventured into such inhospitable surroundings. And unlike other neolithic settlements, the Peabody dig is surrounded by remnants of a mammoth wall, 7 ft. high and 20 ft. thick. Behind it the archaeologists have uncovered a series of tiny chambers that they believe may lead to an unexcavated temple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: Digging for History | 11/8/1968 | See Source »

...handsomely for him in the past. He recently gave financial backing to Product Specialists of Santa Monica, Calif., the developers of a 35-to 55-lb. boat made of polypropylene. For easy transportation and storage, the Stowboat, as it is called, can be folded up into a 4-in.-thick, 10-ft.-long bundle. Priced at from $200 to $450 each, the boats have already attracted 1,500 buyers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Dial for Success | 11/8/1968 | See Source »

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