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I have never seen another place where a sheriff could swagger around the polls advising voters: "I don't give a goddam who you vote fer-I'm gonna be your sher'f." And anyone who went fishing in Wallins Creek after an election was more likely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 23, 1959 | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

Though Macao is no stranger to refugees, never had so many-6,000 men, women and children-come at one time. Reason: a report that the Reds were about to start fishing communes, to match the hated land communes. To lure the fishermen back, Peking promised that the fishermen would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MACAO: Ladder to Heaven | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

The boarding party also found installed among the fishing gear a large assortment of radio equipment that seemed more than enough for modern fishing purposes, and an extra-long (3,000 ft.) sounding line. Since the Russian captain knew only a smattering of English, Lieut. Sheely put in a call...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Visit & Search | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

At length, the Russians ("neither overly friendly nor hostile-just resigned") permitted Sheely to examine the ship's papers (all in order) and the ship's log. From log notations, Sheely found that Novorossisk had indeed been plowing the seas near the cables at the time of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Visit & Search | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

*"Visit and search," a peacetime euphemism for boarding alien vessels, is an old, embattled subject in international law. Britain boarded U.S. ships before the War of 1812, and the U.S. boarded vessels at various times thereafter: during the Civil War, in Prohibition days. In the South Atlantic a few months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Visit & Search | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

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