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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...traveler is well advised to button his wallet pocket, fold his arms in crowds, and beware of the interested bystander as he cashes his traveler's checks. But the best defense may be psychological: Above all, says Arno, the tourist must have "pace in the face. If he looks alert and aggressive, most pickpockets will leave a man well enough alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Pickpocket Season | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

...there under Lady Bird's tenancy. Those particular paintings have consequently vanished, but their replacements are still works by contemporary Americans. The show that has been on during past months includes Wolf Kahn's diffused Yellow House (1967), Roy Moyer's semi-abstract Cypresses (1968), John Button's Hopperesque Lake Erie (1968), and an assortment of paintings by artists from other schools and other parts of the country. Hidden in private offices can even be found a few lithographs by such avant-garders as James Rosenquist and Frank Stella...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patrons: Not All That Square | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

...small control room on the Bahamian island of North Bimini, Marine Biologist Arthur Myrberg pushed a button, then stared intently at a television monitor. Within half a minute, the TV screen came alive with thrashing sharks, groupers, snappers and other large inhabitants of the deep. Myrberg's surprising underwater show had once again started on cue-as it does whenever he signals his aquatic actors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marine Research: The Shark Caller | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

...pressing the button, the University of Miami scientist had set off a low-frequency sound projector submerged in 60 ft. of water on the ocean floor. To any carnivorous fish within earshot, the signals probably seemed similar to the noises made by other fish when they are feeding, being attacked or under other conditions of stress. Excited by the apparent proximity of prey, the sharks and other predators greedily converged on the sound projector...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marine Research: The Shark Caller | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

...ever-more-erotic and exciting Straight Backwards Time (S.T.B.), Billy the Surf Bum's mother was gazing at her navel (belly-button to you). she was entranced. in her navel were crawling four miniature St. Bernard puppies, each with a cask around its neck containing the hole whorl. "my, mmmmmmmmmy," Billy the Surf Bum's mother was saying. "i do hope my seeking son can bark better than the first. hardly since the beginning of time has man ever discovered. . . . why why why x y y? people should be more aggressive in their searches for trooth. it's more manly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Whole Yoke Sent Her | 5/9/1969 | See Source »

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