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...anti-American, I thank you for your rotten article devoted to my person in your issue of May 7. Your insult to a head of state and your odious lies dishonor not only your magazine but also your nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 21, 1965 | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

...clerisy, providing teachers and guides for the nation. Only in the last 100 years did intellectuals (the word became current during the Dreyfus affair in the 1890s) emerge as a separate class and organized opposition. This was made possible in part by the bourgeoisie; while the old aristocracy was insult-proof, the middle class positively begged to be told off. Yet the more the intellectuals criticized their societies, the more they complained that their societies did not appreciate them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE FLOURISHING INTELLECTUALS | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

...Praising the ban on low decolletage and high eroticism, the widely circulated China Post two weeks ago deplored "the gimmick of using sex as a selling point for everything from cough drops to synthetic fabrics. Advertising in Taiwan is often an offense to good taste and an insult to the intelligence." The advertisers have been somewhat more cautious since the law's passage, but, Asia being what it is, the prohibition is expected to be ignored before long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia: The Sexy Sell | 5/21/1965 | See Source »

...only did the conversation insult Awori, but it could all too easily be construed as intimidation, aimed at restricting political activism. At a time when political dialogue has been dampened by the Administration's snappish replies to responsible critics, it is especially disturbing that the FBI now seems to consider criticism of the government and association with "leftist" (not communist) groups as undesirable and subversive action worthy of investigation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students and the FBI | 5/13/1965 | See Source »

...Pelt, is a tiny, black-haired termagant, a caricature of the modern aggressive female. "Here's a perfect parody of what American life is supposed to be," says Pogo's creator Walt Kelly: "The ineffectual male and the domineering female." "Blockhead!" Lucy shouts at Charlie, and the insult throws him into a somersault. When she has outwitted him, she purrs: "I admire your boundless faith in human nature." Bellows this girl who aspires to go to military school: "I don't want any downs-I just want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comics: Good Grief | 4/9/1965 | See Source »

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