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During Burma's first decade of independence, the nation's undisputed leader was affable, ascetic Premier U Nu, a sometime Buddhist monk who sought through his politics "to merit admission to the higher abode of nirvana." But U Nu was a lackluster administrator, and by 1958 Burma'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Burma: Deteriorating Situation | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

On form, it helps a candidate for sainthood to be Italian, and a nun, priest or brother. Of the "causes" on the Vatican's current list, only 100 are laity; about half are non-Italians. Thirteen of the top candidates are cardinals; five are Popes: Gregory X, Innocent V...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: On the Ladder to Heaven | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

Beyond that, there is the possibility-once just a joke about the numerousness of the Kennedys, now sometimes talked about seriously-that Bobby might try to succeed Jack in the White House. Any mention of this notion angers Bob Kennedy. "This idea is so obviously untrue." he says, "that it...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: More Than a Brother | 2/16/1962 | See Source »

Selflessness & Zeal. Woodbury's ascetic missionaries-they neither smoke nor drink tea. coffee or liquor-are generally , admired by rival churchmen for their selflessness and zeal. British clergymen are less keen on Woodbury's hard-sell style of making converts. Last year the Church of England assembly labeled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Salesmen-Saints | 1/19/1962 | See Source »

In Lebanon, the insurrection was more ambitious, recalling for awhile the 1958 civil war in which Christian President Camille Chamoun's government was in conflict with pro-Nasser Moslems until U.S. Marines restored order. When the dust settled, Chamoun stepped down and both Christians and Moslems united behind the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rebellions: Coups by Night | 1/12/1962 | See Source »

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