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3 picks · 1975–1977

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HURRY, HURRY!
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PROFILE of comedian Henny Youngman. Last year, at the age of 70, Youngman travelled half a million miles in the U.S. and Canada to do more than 220 …

Pelé Olé
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The soccer king, lured from Brazil by a multimillion-dollar deal, plays his first game for the New York Cosmos, Anthony Hiss wrote, in 1975.

Three Days in L.A.: Days Two & Three
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Talk story from the fellow-citizen about his trip to Los Angeles. He went out there to attend a memorial service for Mr. Georges Gurdjiev, the mystic and …