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...encased in a plaster cast. The doctor said that the operation "went very well," and hospital authorities said his constitution is "remarkable-quite Churchillian." A later report had it that the patient was "quite comfortable, but a bit crotchety." Churchill dined on cold chicken, then smoked a fat cigar with his habitual glass of brandy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: A Lion's Constitution | 7/6/1962 | See Source »

...great fun-in a traditional sort of way. It reminded everybody of the time that Teddy Kennedy exuberantly dived into the pool fully clad, of how buoy-shaped Pierre Salinger was seen bobbing, fully clothed, in the pool with his cigar poking up and sputtering like a waning beacon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: Big Splash at Hickory Hill | 6/29/1962 | See Source »

When he stood, everyone stood. When he sat, cross-legged like a giant Buddha on the floor, all eyes in the luxurious Paris apartment turned toward him. Through the whole long evening, he laughed, talked, puffed on a cigar, listened to the gypsy singers, and downed endless jiggers of vodka. At 3 in the morning, when two or three couples started for the door, he bellowed: "You're not leaving already, my friends. The night is young. Play, gypsies; play, play, play!" The guests stayed, the gypsies played. Once again, and at long last, Orson Welles was front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies Abroad: Prodigal Revived | 6/29/1962 | See Source »

...small room in the house on stilts was blue with cigar smoke as the three princes and the general argued the final details. Slovenly soldiers of all three factions loitered on the porch, sometimes poked their heads curiously through the glassless windows. Below, amid mud puddles and stray dogs, newsmen scrambled for vantage points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos: Shaky Troika | 6/22/1962 | See Source »

...Prince Souvanna Phouma's promise that all important decisions in these vital areas be made by mutual consent-although no one was sure how a government could function effectively under such conditions. After an hour's talk, the delegates emerged for a breather and a good cigar. In a surprisingly mellow mood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos: Banks of the Rubicon | 6/15/1962 | See Source »

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