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Out of the Army, ex-Sergeant Elvis Presley unlimbered his hips and returned to work. The sideburns were gone, but otherwise it was the same old Elvis, and he had RCA Victor crowing about a record 1,275,077 advance orders of his first postmilitary disk, Stuck on You. Already...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 11, 1960 | 4/11/1960 | See Source »

It was a banner week for dreamboat groaners, modern and ancient. First off, winsome Nancy Sinatra, 19, daughter of aging (44) Crooner Frank Sinatra, got herself engaged to curly-topped Tommy Sands, 22, one of the few new voices with any detectable talent. Glowed Papa Sinatra approvingly: "I'm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 14, 1960 | 3/14/1960 | See Source »

In his first gingerly experiment with popular elections since suspending his country's parliamentary regime 15 months ago, Pakistan's Strongman Mohammed Ayub Khan last week got an Elvis Presley-like response. Functioning as a kind of electoral college, close to 80,000 recently elected village councilmen were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: 95.6% Love Ayub | 2/29/1960 | See Source »

Reston has no compelling outside interests-except those that affect his work. "Mr. Reston," says Mr. Krock, "is not exactly what you would call a cultivated man." Reston says he has not read a novel in 20 years-but he has read practically every nonfiction work that he thought would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Man of Influence | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

b) Elvis Presley.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

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