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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...withdrawal of all Northern forces from the South, an end to Viet Cong insurrection, and assurances that the South would have a reasonable chance to remain non-Communist and independent. Hanoi's maximum goals are contained in the oft-stated four points of 1965, which-among other things-call for complete U.S. military withdrawal, settling of South Viet Nam's internal affairs on N.L.F. terms, and eventual reunification (i.e., Communization) of North and South "without foreign interference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE WAR: Hopeful Half Steps | 4/12/1968 | See Source »

...play the unlikely roles of two homosexuals in the film version of Charles Dyer's play, Staircase. "I'm really thrilled about it and I think Richard is too," said Harrison, who will appear as Charles the transvestite. Quite a shift for the fellow the gals call Sexy Rexy. "But it's one of those things one has to take a chance on," said Harrison. "I don't think it will be offensive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 12, 1968 | 4/12/1968 | See Source »

...niggers like being called niggers?" the policeman asked. "You call yourselves that, don't you?" The response shot back: "Shut up, you blue honky." The policeman flushed with anger and resentment. But instead of lashing out with a fist or a night stick, he sat and nodded when asked: "Now do you understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Police: Group Therapy | 4/12/1968 | See Source »

Prone to Violence. Sponsored by Houston businessmen who call themselves Community Effort, Inc., the program is run by a Negro, Dr. Melvin Sikes, a clinical psychologist at the city's Veterans Administration Hospital. The sessions begin with an intensive examination of the attitudes the police and the community groups have about themselves and each other. Distrust is mutual -and obvious-at the start. "The Negro is lazy and uncooperative." "He has no self-respect." "He's immoral, has no regard for life or property," say the police. "Police are cold, mechanical, rude," say the citizens. "They use foul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Police: Group Therapy | 4/12/1968 | See Source »

...average museumgoer, on the other hand, will be mystified by a large gallery full of airy, forgettable abstract canvases. These are meant to support the French thesis that Paris, and not New York, invented abstract expressionism in the 1950s (the French call their version tachisme, or staining). Hélas pour la grandeur, for just the reverse is shown. By comparison with the work turned out by the dynamic U.S. action painters, the French products look timid, prettified and unconvincing?with a few exceptions, most notably the stark abstractions of Pierre Soulages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: Helas pour la Grandeur | 4/12/1968 | See Source »

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