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Cultural Defoliation. The signs of anti-Americanism are most obvious in Saigon. Nightly, along the city's gaudy Tu Do and Hai Ba Trung streets, G.I.s and South Vietnamese troops swap insults and punches-often over the favors of bar girls. In one such honky-tonk brawl earlier this month, a major in the Vietnamese Rangers chopped off the hand of a U.S. military policeman with a machete. In June, two American military police who had rushed to a bar in response to complaints that a drunken G.I. was making trouble were shot to death by Lieut. Colonel Nguyen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: SOUTH VIET NAM: RISING RESENTMENT OF THE U.S. | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

...Donald G. Anderson. assistant professor of Applied Mathematics): three other Faculty and Administrative Board members (Joel Porte, Allston Burr Senior Tutor in Quincy House; Kenneth M. Deitch 60, assistant professor of Economics; and James S. Dusenberry. professor of Economics; and three students. all Harvard undergraduates (Kirby Wilcox 70; Hai H. Doan 70; Richard W. Hausler...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Rights and Responsibilities Committee Initiates New Discipline Procedure | 9/27/1969 | See Source »

Peking's pantheon of "martyrs for the people" includes such mighty Maoists as Men Ho, who threw himself atop an exploding rocket; Ouyang Hai, dematerialized while shoving an ammunition cart out of the way of a train; and Liuying, trampled to death saving a group of children from stampeding horses. These stalwarts are celebrated in story and song throughout China as worthy examples for study and emulation. Recently, a new hero has joined the roster. His name is Chang Yu-liang, whose deed far beyond-and below-the call of duty began on the Dairen sports ground. Chang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: The Call of Mao | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

Such is early mathematics, Communist style. By contrast, the South Vietnamese government takes the conventional approach. Sample problem from a government textbook for children of a comparable age: "Mother came back from the market. She gave Hai two oranges, gave Ba three and saved five for Daddy. How many oranges did she have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: 2 Henchmen + 4 Puppets = 6 Monsters | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

...baker, having carelessly forgotten his Vicks Cough Silencers, tosses pizza dough into the air, coughs and catches it splat in the face. Splat again, as the Pond's girl gets schlopped in the eye with cold cream. And whack! umph! and aaagh! as a mousy little guy, sploshed with Hai Karate after-shave lotion, brutally chops down a scent-crazed female on the make. Nothing like a little good-natured sadism to punch home a point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: . . . And Now a Word about Commercials | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

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