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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nasser spared few of his Arab brothers his scorn. He attacked King Feisal of Saudi Arabia as an "Anglo-American agent" who is "like a snake seeking to bite." He dismissed King Hussein of Jordan as "an employee of the CIA." Classifying his foes under the Communist label of "imperialistic stooges," he also called President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia and the Shah of Iran "only the tools of America." He accused members of the federal government of Aden of being "traitors and agents" and called upon them to resign and do penance. Traveling further afield, he claimed that West Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: The Incurable Arsonist | 5/12/1967 | See Source »

After Terry Hayes racked up the highest academic rating (3.93) in 30 years at Los Angeles' all-Negro Jordan High, Ivy League representatives rushed to his home, just three blocks from where the Watts riots began. Son of a pharmacist (both his parents have college degrees), Terry was president of his class, chief justice of the student court and a political science major. He is working for college money as a computer technologist at North American Aviation's Autonetics Division, and has been awarded full scholarships by both Harvard and Stanford. He hopes to become a diplomat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: Courting the Negro | 4/28/1967 | See Source »

...censorship by police suggestion--is having an effect beyond the city limits of Cambridge. A number of dealers, hoping to avoid a confrontation with authorities, have removed the Fugs records from the racks. "It might have been from something objectionable, from what we gather," says one saleslady at Jordan Marsh in Boston. "Indecent," snaps the Book Clearing House. "Too dangerous,"" explains Vara's in Medford. And Farrington's of Arlington has this solution: "We don't have it in regular stock," says the manager. Lowering his voice, he continues, "But we can get it for you on special order...

Author: By John D. Reed, | Title: The Fugs | 3/25/1967 | See Source »

Radcliffe seniors have been elected the following as their class marshals: Jane Aresty '67 of Cabot Hall and Trenton, N.J.; Cheryl M. Chisholm '67 of Holmes Hall and Atlanta, Ga.; Rita Michele Disario '67 of Walbach Hall and Old Greenwich, Conn.; Patricia L. Riley '67 of Jordan Hall and Glen Mills, Pa:; Ann Cary Stratton '67 of Walbach Hall and Cambridge, Mass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Marshals | 3/6/1967 | See Source »

This is a way to make friends? Jordan immediately withdrew its ambassador in protest. Nasser's speech cinched the fact-which was already evident-that he will not be getting any more wheat from the U.S. As for his threat to welsh on debt payments, most of his debtors considered it a desperate act of bravado, designed to let his creditors know that he cannot pay them all off -and that he will give first priority to those who bother him least about the delay. The plain fact is that Nasser could not pay even if he wanted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt: Desperate Act | 3/3/1967 | See Source »

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