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"State of Urgency." Ever since Khanh himself seized power in a coup last January, rumors of another coup have swirled about him. He has tried in vain to get the country's minuscule, myriad "political parties" (more than 60 at last count) to come up with a program, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: The Shaken City | 8/14/1964 | See Source »

That sort of thing simply did not work well for West Berlin's Mayor Brandt, a political lightweight whose popularity is concentrated in his own city. Chancellor Ludwig Erhard kept himself and his C.D.U. loftily above party battles. "Ach ja," he deadpanned at the end of one speech, "I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Socialists Without an Issue | 5/8/1964 | See Source »

Inflation has also helped bring to Eu rope that old American problem: the servant shortage. Most maids have been lured into the higher-paying factories, and those who remain play off one employer against the other. Result: their wages have shot up 50-100% in the past five years. A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Western Europe: The Price of Prosperity | 3/20/1964 | See Source »

In the past, the say has always been resoundingly negative. Though Queen Victoria liked the notion of a tunnel as a potential cure for her seasickness, she found it "very objectionable" in principle. In the 1880s, when an early tunnel project actually bored two miles into the chalk near Dover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe: Channeling under the Streak | 9/27/1963 | See Source »

Divided territories and discontented minorities concerned four members of the International Seminar Wednesday night, as they spoke at the final public rum in the summer series.

Author: By Ann Cameron, | Title: Division of Land, People, Troubles 3 Diverse States | 8/16/1963 | See Source »

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