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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There are some good things which can be said of this parody. In layout, it is remarkably like Life, and its insipid color photographs of nature's wonders are a fine exaggeration of Life's tendencies in that direction. While not much of the copy is consistently funny, the essay...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: The Lampoon's 'Life' | 10/9/1968 | See Source »

The New Jerusalem community in Hale County is a fairly typical black town. New Jerusalem is not on any of the road maps, and it is a distinct mistake to ask local gas station owners how to get there ("Why you wonna go see them niggers boy?"). Most white visitors...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: For Over-All Misery, Alabama Wins Handily | 9/25/1968 | See Source »

For NATO planners, the new situation is fraught with uncertainties. They fear that a Soviet attack on Rumania might spark widespread uprisings in the East bloc that could spill over into a NATO area. The West Germans are most concerned of all. Though most people find it unthinkable that the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: COPING WITH NEW REALITIES IN EUROPE | 9/13/1968 | See Source »

After Harold Painter's wife died in an automobile accident in 1962, he sent his son Mark to live temporarily with the boy's maternal grandparents. When Painter remarried, two years later, he sought to get Mark back. To his surprise, the grandparents refused. To his shock the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Domestic Relations: Belated Homecoming | 9/6/1968 | See Source »

By accident or design, man seems de ermined to upset the delicate balance of nature in Florida. The water hyacinth, imported by a flower lover in 1884, has clogged canals all over the southern end of the peninsula. Clearing operations cost more than $1,000,000 annually. The 30-in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ecology: Fish Bites Dog | 8/23/1968 | See Source »

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