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...Snakes. The regime is lifting some of the rigid restraints on the arts and letters. It has even permitted a modest amount of criticism, though journalists can still be tried and jailed for publishing "antinational propaganda." It is best to keep criticism obscure, as in the case of Eighteen Texts, a book recently published in Athens. Though Greece is not specifically mentioned, it is plainly the subject. The opening contribution, a poem by Nobel Prizewinner George Seferis, recounts an old Cypriot tale in which a bunch of cats (read colonels) wipe out an invasion of snakes (read Communists), only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greece: Slight Relaxation | 8/24/1970 | See Source »

...Politically, yes..." and Otto unrolled opinions formed long ago. They began "Everywhere around the world young people become active at about seventeen or eighteen. Students always want their say...": two questions and two prepared statements later he ended with "you should work on the improvement of the system rather than overthrow...

Author: By Dziga Vertov, | Title: Revolution... at 16 Frames Per Second | 7/28/1970 | See Source »

Political analysts will study the returns with great interest, if only because this is the first national election in which Britain's 18-year-olds have voted. Eighteen-to 24-year-olds, who had never previously voted in a general election, constitute fully 20% of the British electorate. While the 18-to 20-year-olds did not show any perceptible ideological bent, they did indicate a rather massive sense of noninvolvement in the political process. Out of 2.8 million in the under-21 bracket, 1,000,000 did not even bother to register...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Unexpected Triumph | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

John Kennedy learned skepticism about intelligence estimates-and how difficult it is to keep Government secrets -the hard way, from the Bay of Pigs. Eighteen months later, during the Cuban missile crisis, everyone well-connected in Washington knew something was afoot, but no one outside his inner circle was aware of what the reconnaissance photos showed until Kennedy made his announcement on television. Even so, J.F.K. once reflected: "I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: DOES THE PRESIDENT REALLY KNOW MORE? | 5/25/1970 | See Source »

...volcano erupted and covered Pompeii with ash. Eighteen hundred years later, archaeologists found that the Pompeians' bodies, long since dust, had left molds of themselves in the impacted cinders. The scientists poured in liquid plaster, and when it set, the casts were lifted out and put in a local museum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Ghost Maker | 5/11/1970 | See Source »

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