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Since the escalation in Cambodia, it seems that Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger's social life has de-escalated accordingly. Washington Hostess (and spirited dove) Barbara Howar, with tongue partly in cheek, has threatened a unilateral withdrawal from their once flourishing alliance. "I told Henry that I'll be glad to see him any time he wants me to help him clear out his desk at the White House," chides Barbara. "Nothing will kill a romance faster than a land war in Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 25, 1970 | 5/25/1970 | See Source »

...directions were to stare "longingly-longing for everything you ever wanted in life." A girl in the cast looked into the eyes of a girl in the audience. A huge tear formed in her right eye and rolled oh so slowly and beautifully all the way down her cheek. The girl in the audience was crying too, and I suppose you could call that confrontation. Aesthetic distance, or more truly, the need to talk about it, disappeared to nothing...

Author: By David R. Ignatius, | Title: The Theatergoer Maral/Sade Thursday through Saturday at Adams House | 4/28/1970 | See Source »

Despite their objections, Boorstin found the text "extremely interesting, and even courageous." It is probably a good thing that this judgment was delivered in writing rather than orally, since Boorstin's tongue is so obviously lodged in his cheek...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Rx for Democracy | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

...Dewey" button, a collection of walking sticks, and the 1901 Independence, Mo., high school yearbook showing Harry and Bess in their caps and gowns. A saltier item among the souvenirs on loan from the Harry S. Truman Library is the ex-President's reply to a tongue-in-cheek suggestion from a U.S. Senator that he appoint the late John L. Lewis Ambassador to Russia. The mine workers' boss, reasoned Truman's correspondent, had a "more formidable" look than Stalin and could "roar louder" than Andrei Gromyko. A convincing argument. Replied the man from Missouri: "I wouldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 23, 1970 | 3/23/1970 | See Source »

...salt wave washed his swarthy cheek...

Author: By Lawrence S. Dicara, | Title: Sail On! Sail On! Sail On and On! | 3/5/1970 | See Source »

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