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...group of Americans from a merchant ship in Luanda's harbor, Luanda's new skin of MPLA signs was mighty impressive. One sailor from Pascagoula, Mississsippi, paid the MPLA organization the highest compliment he could think of: "They're better at this than the Billy Graham Crusade!" All that the Americans had heard about the MPLA was the usual mainstream U.S. media cliches: "radical," "Marxist," "fringe group," "Soviet-supported," with all the connotations of puppetry. But to sign-plaster a city of 500,000 people occupied by the army they'd been fighting for more than a decade--that took...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: Book Review | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

...greatest compliment to a jockey is being offered a ride on a Derby contender, and young Master Cauthen came to Louisville to handle quite a contender...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Kid Becomes a Man | 5/15/1978 | See Source »

...fact that such harmony exists in a sport so individualistic by nature is a compliment to sophomore captain Katie Ditzler, freshman coach Peter Felske and in particular, the Harvard-Radcliffe admissions office. Last spring, the latter served and volleyed acceptance letters to four women--Pierpont, Martha Roberts, Meg Meyer and Leslie Miller--who know their way around a tennis court. The rest will soon be history...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: United We Stand, Divided We Conquer | 4/12/1978 | See Source »

...exaggerating. I would like to remind you that we are 3 million, surrounded by about 100 million. It's very interesting to be part of a 3 million population surrounded directly by 70 million to 80 million and be branded an aggressor. It's a very good compliment, but I wish we didn't have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Weizman: Not Here for Oil or Silver' | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

...requited affair in the book, and it makes every page shine with a wit and vigor that belie the author's 73 years. Further illuminations are provided by Raphael Soyer's nostalgic drawings and paintings, every one of which is a complement to the text and a compliment to the reader...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Notable | 3/27/1978 | See Source »

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