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...staged, is winning public approval." On doctor's orders, he went on the wagon, began housecleaning Thailand from top to bottom. He banned opium smoking, and when a rash of fires broke out in Bangkok's business district one winter, he ordered four Chinese merchants shot-a brutal but effective reminder that the annual custom of burning shops to collect insurance for the Chinese New Year was now taboo...
Getting the Message. Secret of the Bears success is a brutal defense that has allowed eleven opponents an average of just nine points a game Chicago's fearsome "Front Four"- Tackles Earl Leggett and Stan Jones, Ends Doug Atkins and Ed O'Bradovich- have the beef (253 lbs. per man) to squash a running attack, the speed to put constant pressure on enemy passers Assistant Coach George Allen insists that Larry Morris (230 lbs.), Bill George (235 lbs.) and Joe Fortunato (225 lbs ) are the "three best linebackers in football." Pass defense? The Bears' opportunist secondary...
...given to Freudian imagery-cyclopean-eyed totems and phallic horns. Suddenly in his 1943-A (see opposite page), all signs, symbols and literary allusions vanished. Still laid tubes of red and yellow against his surface and squeezed out streaks of lightning. Then he began slathering ever larger canvases with brutal expressions of his own will, great slabs of paint laid on almost as thick as bas-relief...
...shock of mourning for his brutal death cannot conceal his successes in that struggle. The old men dreamed dreams; the young men had visions. His vivid image of a peaceful revolution of hope animated his most active and effective role in the politics of this hemisphere. Knowing that a free society which cannot help the many who are poor, cannot save the few who are rich, he created the Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps. He led the way to freer international trade for the United States and a greater economic unity for Europe. And in an age where...
There are still problems with Forum, especially financial ones, and the relationship with the Junior Chamber is tenuous. But Forum is a worthy addition to the often brutal world of little, penurious magazines. The next issue sounds highly promising. It will be centered on the problem of urban renewal, and include articles on the architectural, administrative, and social questions involved in the New Sterile Boston's redevelopment...