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...naval forces assembled in this century. They have many choices?and almost complete discretion?about how to employ it. Both Howes are justly famous for being concerned about the welfare of their men. Sir William, for instance, was reportedly shocked by the high number of British casualties during the frontal assault on Bunker hill, which he led last summer. He is known to subscribe to the new European doctrine that pitched battles are less important than tactical maneuvering in winning wars. Continental officers were nevertheless astonished when Howe did not follow up the hard-won victory at Bunker hill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New British Command: Howe & Howe | 7/4/1976 | See Source »

Indignantly she turned down an offer of $25,000 to bare all for Hustler, but before the headlines inflated her price, she had posed, full frontal, for the September Playboy (fee: $250). She gave TV interviews with promiscuous delight, and under a federal grant of immunity from prosecution, she was singing like a mockingbird to the FBI, which was investigating Wayne Hays to see if there was any fraud against the Government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Sex Scandal Shakes Up Washington | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

Arnhem Bridge. El Alamein epitomized Montgomery's battlefield style: a long, careful buildup of matériel superiority followed by a massive frontal attack with secondary flanking pushes. These tactics were successful in many battles-at Mareth, Tunisia, the Sangro River in Italy, and Caen, France-but they also led to some disasters. The most notable was the ill-starred 1944 operation "Market Garden," a Montgomery plan to march straight into Germany's Ruhr Valley by seizing five bridges that crossed the Rhine in Holland. The drive collapsed at the crucial crossing, Arnhem Bridge, with a devastating defeat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Monty: The Legend of El Alamein | 4/5/1976 | See Source »

...pair of shapely legs draped over the shoulders, as if someone were riding piggyback. A third, though neck high, seems to be a scuba suit unzipped to the navel, partially revealing breasts dyed on in authentic flesh tones. Later in the year. Body Language will include other frontal lewdity, including a shirt that looks like a grotesque potbelly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The T Shirt: A Startling Evolution | 3/1/1976 | See Source »

...them illustrated how swiftly anti-oil feeling has risen in the Senate. Only two years ago, South Dakota Democrat James G. Abourezk sought support for a breakup bill and succeeded in rounding up only two cosponsors. More attempts to dismember the oil giants will be made, and the frontal assault on them could turn into a major issue for the Democrats in next year's presidential campaign. Indiana Senator Birch Bayh last week became the ninth Democrat to announce his candidacy, and he made a proposal to break up the oil companies a prominent plank in his platform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Assailing the Giants | 11/3/1975 | See Source »

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