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...Chinese weapons: the "spiritual atomic bomb," against which no capitalist-imperialist can stand. After all, as Army Education Boss Hsiao Hua wrote in a 1961 treatise, the People's Liberation Army of Red China has a long way to go toward perfection. "Some of the troops have an incorrect attitude toward military service," wrote Hsiao. "They think that they are 'soldiers of peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nude on the Basketball Court, and Other Chinese Stories | 4/1/1966 | See Source »

...factual premise is incorrect. The Department of History has never lost a promising young man or failed to appoint anyone it wished from outside because of the lack of a slot for them. Oscar Handlin Chairman, Department of History

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENOUGH SLOTS | 12/17/1965 | See Source »

...little as 30 ft. - which some scientists believe is the approximate depth of a layer of porous rock or partially compacted dust that covers the moon. Barringer's conclusion: Russian radar penetrated the moon's top layer, reflected back from the bedrock below and reported an incorrect altitude...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Electronics: Lunar Blindness | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

Sophisticated Conjecture. Such lunar theorizing is based largely on earthly experience. Barringer has already designed effective radar systems to measure the thickness of antarctic ice, which is largely transparent to many low-frequency radars and radio altimeters, a phenomenon that results in incorrect altitude readings and has caused several plane crashes. Barringer is also conducting laboratory experiments for NASA to study the possibility of designing a radar system that would measure the thickness of the moon's surface layer from an orbiting vehicle. He has bounced radar pulses off simulated lunar crusts made of porous lava and compressed lava...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Electronics: Lunar Blindness | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

...vast majority of students support our country's commitment to Viet Nam. Our demonstration at the Claremont Colleges was orderly and enthusiastic, and we far outnumbered the protesters. A small but noisy minority has given the American public and its servicemen a distinctly incorrect view of the attitudes of American students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 29, 1965 | 10/29/1965 | See Source »

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