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...morning, Jesus. I've got to move fast - get into the bathroom, wash up, grab a bite to eat, and run some more. Where am I running? You know these things I can't understand. It's not that I need to have you tell me. What counts most is just that somebody knows, and it's you. That helps a lot. So I'll follow along, okay? But lead, Lord. Now I've got to run. Are you running with me, Jesus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worship: Pop Prayer | 11/26/1965 | See Source »

...actual "raid" consisted of one mad charge at three young ladies clad in leotards. The floor around the bench was strewn with undergarments, and the instructions were "Grab what's on the floor but leave the girls alone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: They Came to Purloin Her Panties, But Hope Diamond Was Not There | 11/24/1965 | See Source »

...drove in a great cheer went up from the kids lining the "main street." I grinned from ear to ear in the darkness as the kids cheered, that sound seemed to make the whole two years worth while. Fifteen minutes later, of course, I wanted to grab the same kids by the throat and throttle them one by one because they made so much noise you could barely hear a word of the film. The chief, a slightly addled old man, white-haired, with a rasping voice, stamped out in front and tried to shout down the noise, with little...

Author: By Efrem Sigel, | Title: Working In Africa With The Peace Corps | 11/5/1965 | See Source »

...headquarters of the Castroite 14th of June Movement and in a newspaper plant, U.S. paratroopers seized a small arsenal of rifles and ready-to-throw Molotov cocktails. Under orders to grab every weapon in sight, the 82nd troopers even disarmed the eight uniformed cops guarding the house of rebel-rousing ex-President Juan Bosch. As for Bosch himself, he requested-and got-a U.S. military escort to safer quarters five miles out of town. Rebel Chief Colonel Francisco Caamano Deñó, already safe at a camp outside the city, reacted predictably: "It is a shame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dominican Republic: In the Nick of Time | 11/5/1965 | See Source »

Born in the U.S. before World War I, public relations went to Europe with American companies right after World War II, but the Europeans at first regarded the art as beneath them. The new eagerness of European companies to grab a bigger share of the growing consumer market and their desire to emulate efficient American business methods have considerably changed that attitude. Today, some 5,400 P.R. men operate in Britain, another 2,000 in France, 1,000 in West Germany and 850 in Italy. Two schools of public relations have opened in Paris, and P.R. courses are now offered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Western Europe: P.R. Goes Continental | 10/22/1965 | See Source »

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