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...wrote for LIFE EN ESPAÑOL. The U.S. Latin American policy goal will be achieved, said the President, "only when every form of tyranny-either despotic rule at home or domination from abroad -is driven from the hemisphere." Last week, even a Latin America preoccupied with pre-Lenten carnivals could see that the President was out to give substance to his words...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Americas: Alliance for Progress | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

...existence. It is not hard to see the beginning of Germanic nationalism in the fascination that order, group effort and government have for Keller and the Swiss and German townspeople he describes. The author is at his most rhapsodic as he tells of the incredible organization of a pre-Lenten carnival, or rambles on about a dream in which Identity of the Nation is represented by crowds tramping purposefully over a bridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wilhelm Minor | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

When Panama's Constitution Day fell on the final day of pre-Lenten Carnival last week, U.S. Canal Zone authorities braced for another invasion by Panamanians determined to plant their flag on zone soil. Then the Canal Company's public information officer, William Griffin Arey Jr., had an inspiration. For $14.85 he bought 60 tiny U.S. and Panamanian flags to decorate lamp posts on the zone side of the border. Next day Panama's surprised Foreign Ministry viewed "with much pleasure what has happened." Even Panama's rabble-rousing politicos were dazzled. "An intelligent and conciliatory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANAL ZONE: $14.85 Worth of Diplomacy | 3/14/1960 | See Source »

...took over Thailand's government, abrogated the constitution, dissolved the Parliament, abolished political parties, and set up martial law. Since most of the democratic trappings of the country were more apparent than real, Thailand did not seem to mind such highhandedness at all. Weeks ago, as the Buddhist Lenten season of Purima Pansa began. Thai temples gleamed with new coats of gold in keeping with the old adage. "When the temples shine, the country is prosperous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THAILAND: Do-It-Yourself Premier | 8/17/1959 | See Source »

...first of a series of four Sunday Lenten evening services of music will be held on Sunday at 8 p.m. in Memorial Church...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Music Series Begins | 2/28/1959 | See Source »

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