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...notes in his lefthanded script on a white pad. At Hue, where the whole uproar began when government troops killed nine Buddhist demonstrators, the Defense Secretary listened to a half-hour briefing. At Tamky, under a faded tent, he was told about a search-and-clear operation designed to flush the Viet Cong out of hill country 20 miles away. Then he visited a field post that had been under fire only the day before. Inspecting a pile of Viet Cong weapons, McNamara spied a 57-mm. recoilless rifle, remarked, "I suppose that's Chinese," was embarrassed to learn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Search for Answers | 10/4/1963 | See Source »

...that, though all modesty and reserve were banished from the transaction of those pleasures, good manners and politeness were inviolably observed; here was no gross ribaldry, no offensive or rude behavior, or ungenerous reproaches to the girls." After enjoying many another "well breath'd youth, hot-mettled, and flush with genial juices," Fanny finds true love and kisses the oldest profession goodbye...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taste: Ye Olde Sex | 8/2/1963 | See Source »

...Hillbillies, starts a new yokel yarn called Petticoat Junction, about a widow and three calico daughters. Burke's Law (ABC) stars a millionaire police detective who tools around in a Rolls-Royce when off duty and whips up souffle Grand Marnier for snacks. Gene Barry, who plays the flush cop, learned how to shoot when he was TV's old Bat Masterson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: From the Same Tube | 7/26/1963 | See Source »

...chin out, daring Cooper to hit him. Then it happened. "Clay is down!" screamed the BBC announcer. "Cooper has downed him! Oh, a beautiful punch there!" The "beautiful punch" was a sucker left hook; its chances of landing must have been 1,000 to 1. But land it did, flush on Clay's jutting jaw. Eyes glazed, Clay tumbled backward onto the ropes. The referee began counting, and the crowd hoarsely took up the chant: "One, two, three, four, five"-and then the bell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prizefighting: Murder on the BBC | 6/28/1963 | See Source »

...closest confidant, Interior-Agriculture Minister Ahmed Reda Guedira, 40, organize a pro-Hassan party christened the Front for the Defense of Constitutional Institutions. Unsurprisingly, the F.D.C.I. enjoyed the use of government vehicles to haul wondering tribesmen to rallies, plus the organized support of the government's administrative bureaucracy. Flush with campaign cash, F.D.C.I. Leader Guedira (who got some pointers when he witnessed the 1960 U.S. election campaign) passed out thousands of free miniature soccer balls, T-shirts and campaign buttons bearing the royalist party color (yellow). More important for Hassan, however, was the traditional apathy of Morocco...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Morocco: Experimenting with Elections | 5/24/1963 | See Source »

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