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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...those big flat overcoats that prove you're successful walking their dogs. It always made me feel to be in a world other than theirs when I saw them shuffle back and forth staring at the streetlights while the dog on the other end of their leash let go on a fire hydrant. What are the metaphysics of a dog walker's reality? They couldn't be of Nature as we know it to be natural...

Author: By John G. Short, | Title: Two Short Essays | 4/7/1969 | See Source »

...national interest, a shortage of moral courage and discipline." Political parties got short shrift: they "have hardly made a positive contribution; their existence is largely parasitical." He was harsh on Japan's role in the world. "Postwar Japan is not likely to assume political leadership in Asia, let alone of the world. Racially, ideologically and militarily, the present-day Japan is simply not equal to so grandiose a task." True or not, it was hardly the thing for an ambassador...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: The Undiplomat | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

...socket. The cartilage in the same knee was ripped two months later; he has since undergone two knee operations, and was sidelined for nine games this season. "People tell me I'm brittle," he says, "but I can't afford to think about-that or let it affect my play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hockey: Why the Bruins Climb | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

Just a Corporation. Although they occasionally play 20th century composers like Bartók and Hindemith, they prefer the traditional repertory-as did the Budapest. "Let someone else be adventurous," says Soyer. "It is more important to do the masterpieces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chamber Music: Heir to the Budapest | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

...local sales and income taxes but not state gasoline taxes; and 4) business expenses, but with tighter controls against abuses. The current law covers a rather liberal range of activities. Last week, for example, Topless Dancer Marlene Sherman of San Francisco proudly announced that the IRS had agreed to let her deduct the $1,300 cost of a silicone operation that swelled her bustline from 34 inches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: WHY TAX REFORM IS SO URGENT AND SO UNLIKELY | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

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