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Dates: during 1960-1969
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There had been jealousy in Torrijos' four-man junta ever since the coup of October 1968, which ousted President Arnulfo Arias for the third time in his remarkable political career-this time after only eleven days in office. When one junta member, Colonel Boris Martinez, began to get overambitious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Panama: A Day at the Races | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

Western scientists were frankly skeptical. Russian Chemists N. Fedyakin and Boris Deryagin claimed to have produced a mysterious new substance, a form of water that was so stable it boiled only at about 1,000°F., or five times the boiling temperature of natural water. It did not evaporate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Unnatural Water | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

Just how much damage had been done? As Bing and his aides desperately juggled logistics, it seemed considerable, but far less than had appeared likely during the gloomiest weeks of struggle. Most of the star singers are available, but fitting them into an impromptu schedule will be a computer-size...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Singing Is Believing | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

Died. Boris Kroyt, 72, Russian-born viola virtuoso and for 31 years a pillar of the Budapest String Quartet; of cancer; in Manhattan. Ranked with Paul Hindemith and William Primrose as one of the viola's great masters, Kroyt joined the Budapest in 1936, and two years later the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 28, 1969 | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

Very Much Alive. At last year's carefully sanitized rites, the official speaker took the occasion to rail against Israel. Among those upset by the performance was a 33-year-old radio engineer named Boris Kochubiyevsky. He protested: "Here lies a part of the Jewish people." When a bystander...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union: Postscript to Babi Yar | 10/10/1969 | See Source »

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