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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Despite these pieties, Dent is regarded by many liberals as a Southern-fried Rasputin in the Nixon Administration. Whenever the White House seems to drift to the right or placate Southern interests, Presidential Aide Dent is thought to be deeply involved. He was, after all, a close associate of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond's for many years. When the ultraconservative Thurmond switched to the Republican Party in 1964, Dent followed and was soon G.O.P. state chairman. Now, as a Nixon staff member, Dent is involved in a variety of assignments, but the ones with which he has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Up at Harry's Place | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

...area so vast, complete protection is impossible. Faced with heavy losses of forest, wildlife and recreational areas, however, the state is cracking down on those whose carelessness starts fires, when possible making them pay for the damage they cause. Next year the authorities may close dry areas altogether. In the meantime, huge chunks of Alaska are simply disappearing into smoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alaska: The Fire War | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

Mboya thought of himself as an African socialist, that catchall for moderate African reformers who favor mixed economies. Thoroughly pro-Western, with close ties both to the U.S. and Britain (he spent a year at Oxford), Mboya had no use for Soviet and Chinese efforts to gain a foothold in Kenya. It was on that issue that Mboya and his principal political enemy, Oginga Odinga, collided. Odinga, a Luo like Mboya, is an emotional, radical tribalist with Communist leanings and support. Mboya helped oust Odinga as Vice President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kenya: Death in the Afternoon | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

LEVEL JAY has been brought to peak form in sprints and will try to win at juicy odds, URA JENKS closed well in last, CHERRY TREE should run close to the leaders...

Author: By The Scientist, | Title: Snooze Picks Winners At Rockingham Park | 7/8/1969 | See Source »

CARLYN PROFIT is a sore filly who drops again in class for a last ditch effort to capture the winners purse, LITTLE MISS MAULER has run close to males, MISS LENOR shows some speed...

Author: By The Scientist, | Title: Snooze Picks Winners At Rockingham Park | 7/8/1969 | See Source »

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