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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ideas have changed a bit since then. "I find myself a sort of neo-isolationist," he confessed. "I think we would do better if we would show ourselves a little more relaxed and less terrified of what happens in the smaller countries of Asia and Africa, and not jump around like an elephant frightened by a mouse every time these things occur." While he did not advocate that the U.S. "turn tail and flee from the scene," he agreed with an earlier witness, retired Lieut. General James Gavin, that it should hole up in selected enclaves and strike a strictly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: The New Realism | 2/18/1966 | See Source »

...months later when he met some songwriters in a New York delicatessen. After the patrician manners of Baruch, the tunesmiths looked to him "like a bunch of dumbheads"-until he learned that some of the heads were creating $50,000 worth of songs a year. Again Billy got the jump on the competition, analyzed every novelty song of the day. All of them, he decided, had a silly syllable, and of all the syllables, the sound of oo was the silliest. Rose went to work and produced Barney Google, "with the goo-goo-googly eyes." The song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Showmen: The Competitor | 2/18/1966 | See Source »

Harvard was surprisingly strong in the field events. Steve Schoonover and Charlie Njoku set the pace with predictable victories. Schoonover won the pole vault with a jump of 13 feet, 10 inches--a cage and meet record but not one of his best. Njoku outdueled Tufts' Joe Anadu to win the high jump at 6 feet, 5 inches...

Author: By Joel R. Kramer, | Title: Harriers Easily Capture Boston Title | 2/14/1966 | See Source »

...focus of the meet will be in the 600-yard dash, the high jump, and in the relays. The Crimson should split the first two of these events and the relays should pose no problems...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GBI Meet Tests Harvard Strength | 2/12/1966 | See Source »

...aerospace industry as a whole last year saw sales jump to a record $20.9 billion, with its backlog of orders hitting an $18.6 billion peak. This was the same industry that, after its post-Sputnik missile and satellite surge, felt its fortunes sag. As recently as 1964, the management consultant firm of Arthur D. Little, Inc., declared flatly: "Aerospace is no longer a growing market." Today the Little expert who presided over that report readily admits: "The Viet Cong made a liar out of me." This is true-for the moment. Without question, the U.S. military buildup in Viet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aerospace: No End in Sight | 2/11/1966 | See Source »

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