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Communists, said Lenin in 1919, must be prepared to "make very frequent changes in our line of conduct which to the casual observer may appear strange and incomprehensible." Communists continue to follow the Leninist doctrine of "very frequent changes" to create confusion and disunity among their enemies-and Nikita Khrushchev...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE COLD WAR: Calculated Thrust | 6/13/1960 | See Source »

"Faction for Action." Like many utopias before it. Washington Square Village fell short of its promise. The "carports" and "self-contained shopping" promised in the brochure failed to materialize. Ten ants complained of "tinny" stoves, faulty airconditioning, erratic elevators, bugs in the basement, cracks in the plaster, rips in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: The Best of Everything | 6/6/1960 | See Source »

¶ KEN VENTURI, 28 (6 ft., 170 Ibs.), has the smoothest swing of the younger players, is a wonderfully talented shotmaker whose game is still marred by inexplicable runs of bad play (he lost the Masters mostly because of a dismal six-over-par 42 on the back nine of...

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

The change has been disastrous for the powerful Labor Party, whose restrictive economic policies were a classic example of doctrinally denying working people the benefits socialism has always held out for them. In addition. Labor's brilliant but erratic leader, Herbert V. Evatt-onetime (1948) president of the U.N...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: Out of the Dreaming | 4/4/1960 | See Source »

Author Lee had advantages that derived from his disadvantages. His father had deserted his family when Laurie was a baby, and a mother with a brood of six is never a match for an imaginative boy. Besides, he was often sick, and so came in for special treatment: puddings, wood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: In Praise of Childhood | 3/28/1960 | See Source »

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