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...Finally, the summary says that in the FBI interviews with Guardsmen, mention of imminent danger occurs "almost as an afterthought ... We have some reason to believe that the claim . . . that their lives were endangered by the students was fabricated subsequent to the event...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Kent State Continued | 11/9/1970 | See Source »

Almost as an afterthought, Miami threw its boater into the ring. "We know we don't have the history stuff, but we sure want to be part of the national celebration," explained a local booster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Centennials: The Great Birthday Squabble | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

Some radio stations spend hundreds of dollars on Peabody presentations, but for Mickie and Teddi, it was hardly more than a casual afterthought. WRNG's program manager gave them an entry blank he had lying around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Atlanta's Dynamic Duo | 5/4/1970 | See Source »

...understand what the fuss is about," insisted Marcel Witner, Mercury's international manager. "We did not say Pompidou owned the boat." Besides, he said, in what sounded like an afterthought, "it is not an unflattering picture." More important for Mercury, there was all that free publicity resulting from the fuss. Nor was the publicity lost on other advertisers. For example, officials of the Lacoste apparel-and-toiletries firm surely noticed that their trademark, a curve-tailed crocodile, was sewn onto Pompidou's sports shirt. Lacoste, at least, is French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: France's Model President | 4/20/1970 | See Source »

...same reason: economic prowess. It is not inconceivable that Bonn would opt for a neutral status between East and West if the Soviet Union offered reunification of the two Germanys. Some 30 years after they landed, most American troops will probably have been withdrawn from Europe. Almost as an afterthought, Great Britain will finally be admitted to the Common Market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The '60s to The 70s: Dissent and Discovery | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

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