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...Total victory seems impossible" in Vietnam, he said, and urged a "national resolve" to fade out gradually...

Author: By Paul J. Corkery, | Title: Cavanagh Criticizes Budget Plans, Praises Supreme Court Decisions | 12/13/1966 | See Source »

...four rival regions and torn by tribal competition. In 1966 alone, two rulers have been murdered, along with countless of their countrymen, in bloody riots and slaughters. When Army Boss Yakubu Gowon, 31, seized power in July in the last coup, he promised that his military government would quickly "fade away," presumably without the necessity of another coup. Last week Gowon announced that he had changed his mind, at least for now, and that he personally would draft a new constitution for Nigeria. In an obvious warning to the discontented Eastern Region, Gowon, a Northerner, added that any attempt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nigeria: Grisly Record | 12/9/1966 | See Source »

Whatever it is, Elvis isn't having any. He prefers dogs to girls and cars to both. At the fade he is keeping company with a '29 Duesenberg. "I'll really travel," the feller bellers, "and hit the gravel. But I'll be back." Forewarned is forearmed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Creaky Pelvis | 11/11/1966 | See Source »

...Tell about Margaret's sex life. Husband's. Mama's. Producer's. Director's. Agent's. Co-star's. Don't forget character with shoe fetish. Add a little lesbianism. Anything else? No? O.K. Margaret returns. Shooting resumes. Everybody happy. Fade out into wine-dark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Short Notices: Nov. 11, 1966 | 11/11/1966 | See Source »

Chances are that in most cases the games will stay, the boycotts will fade, and prices will drift upward. It may be small comfort to the housewives, but food still costs less in the U.S. than in many other countries: in West German supermarkets, steak goes for $2.25 a lb.: in Britain, string beans now command 60? a lb. Most important, Americans spend only 18% of their after-tax income for food, while Europeans-who have far fewer convenience foods -spend from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Behind the Boycotts: Why Prices are High | 11/4/1966 | See Source »

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