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...lifted her with my left arm," Garcia reported, "and she clung to me for her life." The reporter yelled, "Let her go, she's just a girl," but to no avail. As he tried to carry her to safety, the rest of the girl's clothing was ripped off; Garcia's pockets were picked, his watch was snatched from his wrist, his head was smacked with what felt like a piece of pipe, and something smashed against his right kidney. His knees sagged, but he kept going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Nov. 27, 1964 | 11/27/1964 | See Source »

...expertise in agriculture (he devoted more speeches to crop yield, fertilizer and seed bulls than any 20 national leaders), Khrushchev's farm programs were disastrous. He fell for one oversimplified solution after another, kept reshuffling the administrative setup for agriculture, and dreamed of better fertilizer-all to little avail. His "virgin lands" scheme showed promise this year, thanks to a hopeful harvest, but it was too late. > "GOULASH" COMMUNISM. Most of his people cheered when he announced that Communism must first give people a decent life and then think about world revolution. They cheered when he promised that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Revolt in the Kremlin | 10/23/1964 | See Source »

...theft took place on the corner of Garden and Shephard streets at about 9:50 p.m. Miss Moore passed the three youths, who said. "Hi," and then grabbed her purse from behind. A hot pursuit was to no avail. Several other girls reported passing the same boys at the same spot earlier in the evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Teenagers Snatch 'Cliffie's Purse | 10/8/1964 | See Source »

Shall not avail you when the Day-beam sports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Architecture: On from Antiquity | 10/2/1964 | See Source »

...Jeanne, who was not a Christian Scientist, underwent an operation for ulcerative colitis that was deemed successful. Still, her doctors recommended a second operation. This one brought on complications. Jeanne was given penicillin, to which she suffered adverse reactions. Other drugs were tried, but to no avail. After his wife died, Chuck agreed to an autopsy. According to Percy, the physicians concluded that she had died not of her original ailment, but of a reaction to the drugs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Illinois: Through a Lens Brightly | 9/18/1964 | See Source »

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