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...first objective was the easiest, but the others were skillfully sought. Macmillan's personal initiative in going to Moscow set moving the machinery that eventually resulted in the test ban treaty. His "winds of change" attitude toward emerging African nationalism helped bring about the troubled birth of independence in Africa. Even the failure at Brussels, due solely to Charles de Gaulle's intransigent opposition to Britain's Common Market membership, may well be redeemed in the long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Goodbye to All That | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

...expected to vote in the Republican primary-and conservative Goldwater is hardly a Democratic hero. But Rocky-attributing either too much cynicism or too much sophistication to Wisconsin Democrats-figured it another way: he feared Democrats might vote for Goldwater on the theory that Barry would be the easiest Republican candidate for President Johnson to beat. Rockefeller therefore said: "I will respect the wishes of Republican leaders of Wisconsin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Leave It to Johnny | 1/17/1964 | See Source »

...Indians are scheduled to meet Harvard tonight in the IAB, and the only way they can avoid losing is to get their team bus snowbound in the hills of New Hampshire. Otherwise, the Crimson should feast on its easiest pickings of the season and roll up Ivy League victory number...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Quintet Sees Easy Foe In Winless Green Five | 1/15/1964 | See Source »

...right shoe, Lisa was talking her way onto the Assembly floor. When the session ended, she cornered Khrushchev. He shrugged, took her downstairs, and taped a recorded interview with her that lasted one hour and 48 minutes. People often shrug and acquiesce when attacked by Lisa; it seems the easiest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: No One Dodges Lisa | 10/25/1963 | See Source »

Delayed Debris. Easiest to detect-provided the proper instruments are orbiting in space-are the soft X rays; they are by far the largest product of the explosion. The Vela-Hotel instrument package is expected to detect soft X rays from a one megaton explosion 200 million miles away from the earth and distinguish them from X rays from solar flares and other natural sources. Some instruments are also sensitive to gamma rays and neutrons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Policing the Big Beat | 8/9/1963 | See Source »

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