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...some corn-pone rhetoric: "My daddy taught me back in Texas what to do when you see a snake. We take a hoe off the wall and get him: Now, there are lots of snakes around here. We have our hands on the hoe handle. Are you going to grab the handle with us so we can get those snakes together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: We Will Not Fail You | 5/26/1961 | See Source »

Citizens everywhere should protest the SAC airborne alert. This is not only an aggressive and dangerous act, but essentially a propaganda and money-getting grab by the Air Force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 7, 1961 | 4/7/1961 | See Source »

Mirages Every administration has its share of Kremlinologists who keep a watchful eye out for signs that the Soviet system is evolving for the better, the cold war is easing, and the Soviet bosses are about to grab at each other's throats. Mindful that a natural tendency to interpret the Kremlin auguries overoptimistically often influences U.S. policies. Russia Expert Philip E. Mosely. director of studies of the influential Council on Foreign Relations, examines in the current Foreign Affairs some "mirages that have plagued Western efforts to interpret the Soviet scene." Excerpts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: ROSY MYTHS ABOUT THE SOVIETS | 3/31/1961 | See Source »

...after two games in which he led the scoring even though he didn't start, rauss was in the line-up for good. Consistently facing opponents three to five ches taller, he still managed to score close to 20 points a game and grab a large are of the rebounds. The big question is whether he will be able to perform such ats against experienced varsity competition...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 3/13/1961 | See Source »

Hungry man, grab that book: It's a weapon...

Author: By Frederick H. Gardner, | Title: Bertolt Brecht's Communist Writings: The Poetry and Politics of Disillusion | 3/10/1961 | See Source »

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