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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hunt, which is now closely patrolled and more humane than it was before 1965. Thirty inspectors were on the floes this year; they checked carcasses for skull fractures (meaning instant death, hence no skinning alive), shooed away unlicensed hunters and tallied the kill. The resulting hunt, says Fisheries Minister Jack Davis, is "probably more humane than most deer hunting." But no newsmen seem to go to the front, where Canadian swilers complain that their Norwegian competitors are still hooking pups with gaffs and skinning them alive. Nor is the annual gulf hunt, contrary to accusations, decimating the herd (although...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Days of the Long Knives | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

Ford offers a variety of options-including a 120-h.p. engine, automatic shift and air conditioning-that can jack up the price as high as $2,700. But the company has urged dealers to discourage sales of the high-markup options so as not to price the car out of its market. How does the car handle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE MAKING OF THE MAVERICK | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...professor of Law, who has served as legal adviser to Anguilla's government for the past 18 months, said last night that "once Britain concedes that she will not force Anguilla back under St. Kitts, things should be relatively easy." He said there is evidence that an American, Jack N. Holcomb, and several others "are exerting enormous influence" over Ronald Webster, Anguilla's president, but added that there was no proof of any link with the Mafia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Anguilla Roars | 3/19/1969 | See Source »

...Jack R. Stauder, instructor in Anthropology and 148-9's head sectionman, said that he was "not unhappy' with the meeting's results. He added that the CUI probably will modify the Inkeles proposal so that it would not "artificially limit enrollment or lead to more political friction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soc Rel Faculty Wants Rules For All Courses | 3/19/1969 | See Source »

...course, there might have been some sick humor in this book, if Adler had not scrupulously avoided all of Nixon's Red-baiting witticisms from Joe McCarthy days, or his pre-assassination remarks on he Kennedys (Jack and Bobby). On the other hand, Alder evidently decided that Adlai Stevenson (who died of natural causes) was acceptable comic terrain for the book, so among Nixon's Wit and Humor is the gem, "Stevenson is a pathetic Hamlet strolling across the political stage. To be or not to be--that is the question of him. And I assure...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Nixon Wit | 3/17/1969 | See Source »

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