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...Hour Delay. Off to Portugal rushed Lord Walston, British Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs. The Portuguese, who make no secret of their support for Smith, only shrugged, refusing to interrupt "normal commerce" in Mozambique. Back in London, the Wilson government requested an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council and began drafting a resolution that-if approved-would give U.N. sanction to the use of British force in stopping Rhodesia-bound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rhodesia: Challenge at Sea | 4/15/1966 | See Source »

...most popular resolution stated "No person whether in college or out, should be forced to interrupt his normal life to risk death in the Vietnam War. We call on the faculty to withhold grades from the Brandeis administration until that administration pledges to withhold from the Selective Service system any information about the academic performance of any student...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brandeis Students Urge University To Boycott New Deferment System | 3/21/1966 | See Source »

...majority, pot manifests itself through dizzy spells and then painful awakenings; it made all of them thirsty and many nauseous. In addition there is an intense distortion of the sense of time which can be seen by extrordinary gaps in "high" convesations. The time lag does not, however, interrupt the continuity of thought...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Drug-Users at Harvard Explain their Views About Pot and LSD | 3/7/1966 | See Source »

...future of his schools, sometimes goes home and sips three bourbons and water to relax-then frets about having taken three drinks. He worries about integrating his schools, so far partly accomplished by bussing Negroes to junior high and high school. He once strode into a TV studio to interrupt an education speech by Governor Grant Sawyer, accused .him of "irresponsible leadership" in bucking most educational problems to the rural-dominated legislature. When an official of the Nevada Taxpayers Association called Newcomer's school budget phony, Newcomer said the man "either can't read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public Schools: Las Vegas' Impressive Newcomer | 12/17/1965 | See Source »

...only one of many such works that are currently outclassing the programs they interrupt. Alka-Seltzer, for example, has retired its ubiquitous, jolly salesman Speedy, substituted a diverting view of waistlines-a hula dancer's, a frugger's, a weight lifter's, a pants press-er's-and simply says, "no matter what shape your stomach's in, when it gets out of shape, take Alka-Seltzer." The public is getting the message-Alka-Seltzer sales have risen 16% this year-and so are sponsors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: They're Doing Something Right | 11/12/1965 | See Source »

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