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At this sophisticated stage of U.S. law and politics, such extreme measures are unlikely. But while President Johnson bows to no man in vocal defense of dissent, he obviously takes a dim view of it in practice. He has called his critics "Nervous Nellies," and implied that all dissenters-even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE RIGHT TO DISSENT & THE DUTY TO ANSWER | 5/12/1967 | See Source »

The story concerns the observations of an aging writer at an Antibes hotel. He is a kind of latter-day Maugham, who is taken with a gangly Georgy girl honeymooning with her "very sensitive" husband. A pair of prattling pederasts are taken in turn with the husband, and the writer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Autumnal View | 4/21/1967 | See Source »

Though Indira's responses to many of India's problems have often been weak, this time she did not cave in. She insisted that under the constitution the issue was one for the states to decide separately, but offered to set up a national panel to study the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: A Plea for the Tree | 1/27/1967 | See Source »

Bows & Bolos

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 4, 1966 | 11/4/1966 | See Source »

Tip to Toe in Paraffin. Elizabeth was a dynamic perfectionist. She could spend months sniffing half a dozen sachets a day in order to find "the most wonderful smell in the world," and insisted on having the bows on packages retied again and again until they reached the exact, proper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Women: Hold Fast to Life & Youth | 10/28/1966 | See Source »

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