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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Charles de Gaulle once likened him to Mephistopheles. Françoise Giroud, editor in chief of L'Express, said that he was "as gracious as a cactus." The New Yorker's Genêt noted his "cold genius for integrity." Others have described him as an "instrument of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: As Le Monde Turns | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

Like Ben, Abram S. Ginnes' manic screenplay brims with hellishly good intentions that never quite come off. Jewison has thus been forced to pare his film drastically. Plot and continuity skip along in a flurry of quick cuts and undeveloped skits. Perhaps it is just as well. Hecht was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Tarnished Cherub | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

In fact, no one yet knows precisely how much phosphate detergents contribute to the death of lakes. Charles G. Bueltman, vice president of the Soap and Detergent Association, testified last week that "phosphates in surface waters come from many sources, such as fertilizers, runoff from uncultivated lands and forests, human...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Dirty Detergents? | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

Any pleasant Sunday afternoon aboard H.M.S. Beagle, outward bound from Plymouth in 1831 on a scientific voyage around the world, Robert FitzRoy, her captain, would entertain his officers with readings from the Bible. A painting of such an event is one of the illustrations in Alan Moorehead's book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: How the Beagle Sank the Ark | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

> Charles de Gaulle resigns, 1969.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Top of the Decade: The World | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

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