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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...TIME, Nov. 4) went on television and told a nationwide audience: "It is regrettable that my administration and party have invited public distrust for lack of moral standards. The main thing is that I, as the responsible person, fully grasp the implications." On the theory that he could best correct the situation, Sato thereupon announced his candidacy for a second term as party president. No one doubted that he would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Old Face, New Wrinkle | 12/2/1966 | See Source »

Barbados, for all that, is no little England. Fully a seventh of the island is sinking as a result of swift underground currents, and it will take an estimated $40 million to correct the situation. The island's 250,000 population makes it the third most densely populated area in the Commonwealth, after Hong Kong and Malta. The density is easing only where it can least be afforded: the cream of Bajan youth is emigrating to the better opportunities in the U.S., Canada or Britain. Though the economy is viable, its heavy dependence on sugar, which provides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The West Indies: Goodbye to Mother | 12/2/1966 | See Source »

...connecting the oppositely charged cloud regions, the wire would make a meteorological short circuit. If Rossow's theory is correct, lightning would flash between the regions, vaporizing the wire, equalizing the charge in the regions and robbing the tornado of the energy needed to sustain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meteorology: A Short Circuit for Tornadoes | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

...therefore unlikely that Harvard will ever correct its farcical language requirement by making it more meaningful. There is another alternative which has not received enough attention--dropping the requirement altogether...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Abolish 560 | 11/14/1966 | See Source »

Director Hunter, though he has given the show the correct tone, has also apparently fudged on some of the blocking. There are times when the actors drift about shiftlessly, and at least two of the songs are staged so that they seem to have no point. The second act chase, which may improve with the run, is now too slow...

Author: By Timothy Crouse, | Title: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | 11/12/1966 | See Source »

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