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...grabbing his arm. "Get yourself off this corner right now." When Stewart replied that he was there to buy canned milk, the cop spat, "Don't go getting smart." Stewart and eight witnesses claim that he was grappled into the squad car and pounded with night stick, fist and flashlight. Subsequent photos show Stewart's nose broken, eyes swollen nearly shut on a puffy face, the back of his head cratered by deep open wounds. Stewart received a probationary sentence for loitering and resisting arrest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cities: On the Brink in Memphis | 8/16/1968 | See Source »

...town, in turn, has shown its fist. Starting back in 1967, the township has served Owner Walter K. Pleuthner, 83, with legal papers ordering him to demolish the house. Local officials believe a succession of small fires have damaged the structure so much that it is "dangerous and unsafe." Pleuthner contends that the fires only "mellowed" his home's great oak beams, answers each suit with delaying tactics or countersuit. When officials threatened to bulldoze the structure last month, Pleuthner's lawyer won a temporary restraining order. Said he: "Scarsdale doesn't like it because it doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Suburbs: The Beleaguered Castle | 7/26/1968 | See Source »

There is, of course, the question of George Harrison's finger. On the back cover, you will see that he has his hand at his waist, clenched into a fist. Something that should be his thumb, but looks more like a hot dog, is sticking up. It is really too long to be a thumb but it could be a thumb turned backwards by trick photography. In any case it is pointing directly at the line "five o'clock." If you extend the line of his "finger" up across the album with a ruler you will find that this line...

Author: By Michael Cohen, | Title: Sergeant Pepper Re-visited; Invitation to a Phantom Feast | 7/23/1968 | See Source »

...spotted the champ's cape. The second was obviously in the tank; he stuck his head in the sand and calmly awaited the knockout. While the oldtime aficionados in the stands whistled El Cordobés out of the ring, Willie stood there happily, waving his big fist full of pesetas and yelling: "Give him the ears! Give him the tail! Give him two tails...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bullfighting: The New Aficion | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

...White Flags. There were signs that Johnson was wigwagging his open left hand as well as prominently displaying his clenched right fist. U.S. planes, having ranged as far as the 20th parallel after the President declared a partial bombing pause, last week went no farther north than the 19th parallel-a difference of nearly 70 miles. For its part, however, Hanoi offered no sign that it was prepared to make a reciprocal gesture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: A Place to Talk | 4/19/1968 | See Source »

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