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Afghanistan today is known mainly for its hounds, carpets and pistachio nuts. Its rugged, ruin-strewn terrain is still strategically important, the geopolitical crossroads between China, Russia, India and Iran. But centuries ago it was a well-traveled highway. Remarked Hsüan-tsang, a 7th century Chinese Bud dhist pilgrim, of this 800-mile bridge between the East and West: "Here are found objects of merchandise from all parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exhibitions: The Meeting of East & West | 2/18/1966 | See Source »

...place of its projected HS-681 transport, Britain will buy some 50 C-130 Hercules turboprop transports from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trade: Arms & the Salesman | 2/12/1965 | See Source »

Fall emphatically dismissed the possibility of internal revolt in North Vietnam. Nobody is starving, and some consumer goods are available, hs asserted. "I've lived under the Nazis and I can tell." He believes that the people are not basically unhappy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bernard Fall Sees Possible Detente In Current South Vietnam Fighting | 3/25/1964 | See Source »

...world bobsledding championships that ended last week, Igls proved about 3 sec. faster for the metric mile than the Lake Placid groove. It also turned out to be a bobber's nightmare. On the second day of the two-man trials, a Swedish team piloted by Gunnar Ähs was hitting 50 m.p.h. when it zoomed into the No. 9 bend, nicknamed the Hexenkessel, or Witches' Pot. The sled slid up the 40-ft. bank, bounced down and ricocheted sickeningly from wall to wall. Ähs's upper front teeth were sheared off on the ice; both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Witches' Pot | 2/15/1963 | See Source »

...usual manner, coach Harvey Love has shaken hs lineup quite a bit in attempting to find a winning combination to cope with a Yale boat which boasts five members of last years Olympic champion squad. Yale will be seeking its fourth straight win over the Crimson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Rated Favorite Over Crimson Crew Saturday at Red Top | 6/13/1957 | See Source »

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