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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then, after World War II when American - not British - naval strength saved Australia from the threat of Japanese invasion, Aussies slowly began to come up from down under. In 1939, Canberra could boast only one "overseas" diplomatic mission; today, it has more than 50 - almost a third of them located in Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australia: Establishing an Identity | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

...twice, the Australians once-all have failed. Hope still springs, as long as somebody springs for the price (upwards of $300,000) of a sleek 12-meter yacht. Next September Australia will go again. After trial races in Sydney last week, Top Skipper Jock Sturrock, 51, was eager to boast that "we've got a boat that can win the America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yachting: Fast Dame on the Make | 11/11/1966 | See Source »

...American family doctor of tomorrow will be more highly skilled than his predecessors, have more responsibilities, and boast a higher status. He will, that is, if medical educators and today's family doctors themselves have anything to say about it - and in recent weeks they have been saying plenty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doctors: Specializing in the Family | 10/21/1966 | See Source »

...baby Johns now boast a 5-1 record, losing only the opener to Providence...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Crimson Harriers Cop First 11 Places | 10/17/1966 | See Source »

...Objectivity. Of almost equal importance is the tyranny of advertisers. Though the newsmen, with good reason, proclaim their freedom, the sponsor's influence is still apparent. Commercials, the newsmen occasionally boast, are restricted to a small percentage of a news program's time, far less than the percentage of space given over to ads in successful newspapers. But it is also true that those commercials appear right in the middle of the electronic front page. Few newspapers give their advertisers such considerate treatment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Most Intimate Medium | 10/14/1966 | See Source »

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