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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...point during a private caucus, Indiana's salty Democratic Governor, Roger Branigin, leaped up and suggested that maybe Johnson would decide not to run again. John Connally shot back: "Are you kidding?" Undaunted, Branigin barked: "Well, if I didn't have any more nuts in my basket than he's got, I don't think I'd want to walk through the woods again." And Missouri's Democratic Governor War ren Hearnes told a press conference: "If the President will not honestly re-evaluate the situation and make changes, I would be less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: Nuts in the Basket | 12/23/1966 | See Source »

...known, it is fatal to give him a recording (he is bound to have or to hate the Callas version of Tosca you have chosen). One ready but unfortunate way to avoid such pitfalls is the all-purpose gift. And even here, care should be taken; the generally safe basket of gourmet food may play havoc with a dieter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE ART OF GIVING | 12/16/1966 | See Source »

...highlands and bamboo valleys north of Saigon, where U.S. forces have fought the war's fiercest battles, but the swampy southern tip that is sluiced by the Mekong River. The Delta is the dwelling place of more than a third of the country's population, the rice basket for half of its food-and the Viet Cong's prime source of men, money and supplies. The Communists very nearly seized it all in the grim months of late 1964 and early 1965 before the U.S. buildup. District towns were overrun, scores of outposts captured and destroyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: D-Day in the Delta | 12/9/1966 | See Source »

...starting five came for the second half, eager to answer the unasked question. Harvard poured in 12 points in a row, and 18 of the first 19. It took the poor Jumbos seven minutes to score one basket...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: Basketball Team Massacres Tufts But Can't Quite a Hundred | 12/8/1966 | See Source »

Shophomore Chris Gallagher was the big man in Harvard's opener, with 21 points and 12 rebounds. Gallagher netted most of his points on beautiful moves in close to the basket, where Harvard completely dominated the action. Brandeis was outrebounded...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: Five Quells Uprising, Tops Brandeis, 85-60 | 12/2/1966 | See Source »

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