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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Author Beagle, 20. has written a wry dialogue with death that may contain no large lump of wisdom but offers a fair selection of small ones. Except for an occasional lapse of taste (a coffin is a "worm Automat"), his ectoplasmic fable has a distinct, mossy charm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dialogues with Death | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

...bunkered 19th hole. The Palmer breed, now taking over, is that of the college-trained family man with an agent to line up fat endorsements and a cooler in the auto trunk for baby's bottle. Less flamboyant than their predecessors, the new pro stars are nonetheless developing into distinct, colorful personalities who are drawing the galleries as well as the paychecks. And the gallery favorite by far is Arnold Palmer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: For Love & Money | 5/2/1960 | See Source »

...recent trip through the Southeast, I wanted to take some colored pictures of what I thought was a distinct style of architecture with a new, fresh approach. I came home with one picture-St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Sarasota. I am glad we concur on Victor Lundy's abilities [April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 25, 1960 | 4/25/1960 | See Source »

Salesmen had plenty to talk about. For the first time since their introduction to the U.S. in 1950, West Germany's beetle-backed Porsches ($3,600 to $8,000) have undergone major restyling, now have distinct front fenders, higher bumpers. Russia's Moskvitch and Volga made their U.S. sales debuts, turned out to be solid, high-fendered old-fashioned cars, clearly designed to traverse well-rutted roads. The U.S.'s Amphicar Corp. introduced its German-made, snub-nosed Amphicar, which runs on land or water, sells for under $3,000. Other cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Impact of the Compacts | 4/25/1960 | See Source »

...made lawful for you," says the Koran, "to go in unto your wives on the night of the fast [and] hold intercourse with them and eat and drink until the white thread becomes distinct to you from the black thread of the dawn." But all through the long daylight hours of Ramadan, the holy month in which the Koran was revealed to Mohammed, good Moslems must abstain from food and sex according to the most rigorous rules. Strict devotion to Ramadan lays a heavy burden on modern urban living: people became irritable and ineffectual on the job. Tunisia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ARABS: The Chaste Kiss | 3/21/1960 | See Source »

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