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Washington could not help being impressed???and concerned?at the speed and efficiency with which the Soviet army had moved. No one could be sure of what would now happen in Eastern Europe. Would Rumania be next on Moscow's list? Nor was it clear how, if at all, Moscow's new preoccupation with events in Eastern Europe would affect the Viet Nam negotiations. What the invasion and the U.S. re sponse (or nonresponse) to it proved once again was one hard fact: the U.S. and Russia still live, as they have with some modifications since World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: A SAVAGE CHALLENGE TO DETENTE | 8/30/1968 | See Source »

Richard describes himself as "mock tough" when he first knew Philip Burton. Burton, for his part, was chiefly impressed???in Richard's first awkward go on a stage?by the boy's "astonishing audience control. He could do anything he wanted with the audience." This is one talent that can only be found, never developed, and since Richard had it, Phil Burton trained him dramatically, put an English polish on his voice without obscuring the Welsh vitality, fed him a reading list of great books, prepared him for his try for Oxford, and directed him in all his early plays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Actors: The Man on the Billboard | 4/26/1963 | See Source »

...invite Mr. Burraker to visit him. Last month freckled, tatter- demalion, 14-year-old Ray (William McKinley) Burraker tiptoed into the camp carrying a pet opossum to his President. As a special treat, the President introduced his benefactor to a tall curly-haired man. Ray was not impressed???he had never heard of Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Last week Pa Burraker and President Hoover settled down in a couple of chairs under the trees. The President said that he "and his friends" would contribute $1,200 to build a schoolhouse where Ray, and 19 other children of five families living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Hoover Week: Sep. 16, 1929 | 9/16/1929 | See Source »

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