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...second was Wang Yu-ts'ai, who stole a pair of rubber shoes. While on a working assignment, he once ate an extra bun stuffed with meat, and the Deputy Commander fiercely shouted at him: "Who gave you permission to eat that extra bun?" Later, his old disease, epilepsy, broke out twice as a result of these emotional disturbances. Wang took his own life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nude on the Basketball Court, and Other Chinese Stories | 4/1/1966 | See Source »

With a chuff of steam and a skirl of wheels, the aged black locomotive pulled out of Danang, carrying 500 passengers bound for Hue. Soon it began to climb toward the mist-shrouded Ai Van Pass. As the train reached the crest and began its freewheeling descent, the passengers relaxed-prematurely. Suddenly the rails snapped like broken rubber bands as a Viet Cong pressure mine exploded. When the smoke cleared, the passengers-fortunately uninjured-clambered wearily through the brambles to nearby Route 1 and thumbed or hiked their way into Hue. It was business as usual on South Viet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: The Rail Splitters | 2/4/1966 | See Source »

Thinking Man's Category. The Legion once had four limited categories: AI, for general patronage; A-II, for adults and adolescents only; B, objectionable in part for all; C, condemned. Today two new ratings have been added: A-III, for adults only, and A-IV, for adults with reservations (dubbed "the thinking man's category"). Almost every "problem" movie is viewed by the Legion two or three times-by its executive secretary, Monsignor Thomas F. Little and his associates, by a selection of college alumnae, and by the specialist consultors, who submit written evaluations of the film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roman Catholics: The Changing Legion of Decency | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

Ambassador Talat AI-Ghoussein of Kuwait looked bewildered as he stared at the three-tiered wedding cake in the party-packed penthouse of Washington Hostess Perle Mesta, 84. "I don't know why I'm here," admitted the ambassador. A lot of the other capital society types were wondering too. Then Perle led them over to meet Television Actress Inger Stevens and explained that the "wedding reception" was cooked up to "celebrate" Inger's "marriage" to a "Congressman," played by William Windom on The Farmer's Daughter. The show's producers had promised the sponsors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 12, 1965 | 11/12/1965 | See Source »

Monsieur: J'ai été très touché par votre attention et par le soin apporté â cet article dont les reproductions sont très bien faites. Je sens toute votre sympathie et je suis sensible à votre attention à mon égard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 13, 1965 | 8/13/1965 | See Source »

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