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...Billie Sol Estes scandal last week claimed its first elective victim. It was, ironically, a Republican and an old foe of Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Long Arm of Billie Sol | 9/21/1962 | See Source »

German nudists address each other as Lichtfreund (friend of light), scorn normal bathing areas where clothes are worn as "textile" beaches. Broad-beamed male and female nudists delight in taking group setting-up exercises, sail, water-ski and throw cocktail parties in the buff. The nudists' chief foe is the Roman Catholic Church, which says that nude bathing beaches "are places where immorality is furthered.'' Light friends vehemently deny this charge, say that the reason for the rise in nudism is that "we feel less observed when we're naked." Elsewhere in Europe this summer, Teutonic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Light Friends | 9/7/1962 | See Source »

Apparently misled, they had missed their target: Justice Minister Hector Charry Samper, a bitter foe of bandits and banditry, who was 140 miles away in Cali...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia: Death by the Levee | 9/7/1962 | See Source »

Replied Zuckert, a loyal friend (and squash-court foe) to McNamara since the 19405, when they both taught at the Harvard School of Business: "It's not anything you're holding up. Bob. But the tone and the pace of our program are not right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Tone & Pace | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

Then, in an abrupt fit of rage at friend and foe alike, thousands of West Berliners went on a violent, four-day emotional bender that complicated the tense situation along the East-West barrier. What brought them to the boil was the death of 18-year-old Peter Fechter, shot while trying to cross the Wall. Many an East Berliner had died in similar efforts, but Fechter bled slowly to death in full view of a helpless, outraged crowd. Suddenly, all the pent-up frustrations exploded in an orgy of riots. After venting their anger on the detested East German...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Wall of Shame | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

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