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...sunken ship. When the Germans arrived, they found the freighter stripped clean, presumably by human chains of skindivers working at night. At the same time, the vicoli (back alleys) of Naples were ablaze with Oriental rugs hung out to dry and the narrow streets shaded by bolts of damp cloth stretched from window to win dow. The stalls of Forcella were glutted with wet Olivetti typewriters selling for as little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Italy: The Gold of Naples | 3/12/1965 | See Source »

...Saigon, mothers burdened with hastily wrapped packages and damp-eyed children boarded commercial airliners barely 36 hours after learning they were to be separated from their husbands, many for at least a year. The evacuation was scheduled to be completed early this week. Remaining behind: 440 dependents of private U.S. citizens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: A Look Down That Long Road | 2/19/1965 | See Source »

Above all, Burnham is determined to damp down racial hatreds. "Every case of hooliganism will be ruthlessly dealt with," he vows. "We will not condone violence." Nonetheless, the colony may well be in for more violence before Jagan goes back to dentistry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Guiana: Cheddi's Last Stand | 12/18/1964 | See Source »

...midget, way up there is "the tallest man in the world." Behind that bush stands the bearded lady and over in the cutlery department the sword-swallower is just about to show his guts. But say, what's that whatsit wriggling down the midway: that long damp thing with the pale-green skin and the pollywog eyes and the squirmy little mouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Freak Show | 12/11/1964 | See Source »

...cold, it was damp, and only about 350 anti-Goldwater partisans showed up at the Boston Common yesterday afternoon to get in their last licks at the Republican nominee for President. But a motley crew of Barry's boys came by to add a little excitement...

Author: By Sanford J. Ungar, | Title: 350 Gather At Common For 'Bury-Barry' Rally | 10/31/1964 | See Source »

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