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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...charges of corruption in his government. "I would not lie to you and say there is no corruption, but it is being reduced to a minimum," he said in his campaign speeches. When Osmeña indiscreetly charged that Marcos' beautiful wife Imelda owns "the largest gem collection in Asia," Filipinos felt he was being ungallant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: Victory for Marcos | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

Though the crews have a grandstand view of the military fireworks, their biggest enemy is boredom. To while away the time, they take part in lifeboat races and play soccer on the broad deck of the largest ship, the British bulk carrier Jnvercargill. They attend church services on the West German motorship Nordwind and watch movies on the Bulgarian freighter Vasil Levsky. The Polish freighter Djakarta even prints stamps for the marooned vessels. Egyptian postal authorities graciously allow the stamps to be used as legal postage; they have become collector's items. Immense amounts of beer are consumed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Suez Canal's Bleak Centennial | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

Books are the single largest classification in the catalogue; they include works by a predictable pantheon of authors-Buckminster Fuller, Carl Jung, John Cage, Arthur Koestler-and some not so predictable. Particularly recommended are Cosmic View, a 1957 children's book by Dutch Schoolmaster Kees Boeke ("You advance in and out through the universe," says the blurb, "changing scale by a factor of ten") and Stalking the Wild Asparagus, Euell Gibbons' foraging guide to edible wild plants. There are "pop enlightenment" texts on yoga, sense relaxation, self-hypnosis and psycho-cybernetics. Among the catalogue's biggest sellers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life Styles: Missal for Mammals | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

Granatelli is the well-known owner of the world's largest and most-publicized racing team-a crew that won this year'sIndy 500 with Mario Andretti in the lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B-School Crowd Hears Auto Star On STP Story | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

WASHINGTON, D.C.- More than a quarter of a million people- the largest anti-war gathering in U. S. history-converged peacefully on this city Saturday to demand a rapid withdrawal of troops from Vietnam...

Author: By Theodore Sedgwick, | Title: D. C. Protest Generally Peaceful; Over 250,000 Demand End To War | 11/17/1969 | See Source »

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