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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Horovitz has set the work in Harlem, on one particular morning when a black family of four wakes up to find themselves as white as the sun outside their 125th Street window. They achieved this color transformation, you see, with the help of some amazing pills sold to them by a Jewish pawnbroker who got them from God (who is black), (Or maybe you don't see- it doesn't matter...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: A Mindblow at the Loeb, A Farewell to the Sixties | 11/17/1969 | See Source »

...philosophers. But there is no denying the rising vitality of the science in which he specialized. Almost every individual feels the impact of economic decisions-on his job, his income, his standard of living. The increasing impact of economics has been matched by a growth in its complexities. To help penetrate and interpret those complexities, TIME has formed a Board of Economists with eight members (see below), representing the major economic schools of thought. The board will meet four times a year with TIME's editorial staff, and the discussions will provide material for some stories in the magazine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: TIME's Board of Economists | 11/14/1969 | See Source »

...also whether to fly toward or away from the North Star. The most likely agent, he thinks, is a hormone or combination of hormones, secreted in response to varying amounts of daylight as the seasons change. If Emlen can identify these hormones and discover how they work, he may help explain how similar biological clocks work in other animals, including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biology: Beacon for Buntings | 11/14/1969 | See Source »

...ride from the toll booth took me about 20 miles down the Taconic. By now it was completely black outside, so I took a white T-shirt out of my suitcase and tried to flag down the passing cars. After a few minutes I started yelling "Help !" at each car. A man picked me up and took me to Red Hook, 15 miles from Bard...

Author: By Jeff Magalif, | Title: On the Road Bard by Thumb | 11/14/1969 | See Source »

...shirt again, but feeling more confident. I yelled "Hello !" at passing cars instead of "Help !" A young couple in a Volkswagen pulled to the side of the road. But as I approached, the boy in the driver's seat started shouting at me: "You fucker! What the hell is the idea of acting like there's some kind of big emergency when all you want is a ride? I ought to kill...

Author: By Jeff Magalif, | Title: On the Road Bard by Thumb | 11/14/1969 | See Source »

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