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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jetliner could cause a plane to explode in flight" [Nov. 21]. It is doubtful if a man could physically carry enough small arms ammunition on board to cause the aircraft to "explode." Each bullet hole would cause the pressurization system to pump more air into the cabin. The noise level would certainly increase, but it would take literally hundreds of bullet holes to exceed the capacity of the system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 12, 1969 | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...cover story was written by William Doerner, edited by Marshall Loeb and researched by Claire Barnett, all of whom have firm ideas about what Nader should level his sights on next. For Doerner, who stands 6 ft. 5½ in., the big issue is "the enormous conspiracy against tall people. I can't ride in the back seat of any car, I can't find clothes to fit, and shaving mirrors always seem to be fixed at the level of my belt. It's a plot to keep us unclad and bedraggled." For the life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Dec. 12, 1969 | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

Boston has a reputation deserved or not for politicians who act in their own best interests. But there is a spi?itual plat?au a level above pett?, ward-heeling thi? very, that is reached rarely if ever, by mere mortals. It is the mystique of James Michael Curley...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Crime The Canonization of George Brady | 12/8/1969 | See Source »

...Theatre" may even be an impossible or unnecessary achievement. While many critics feel Grotowski has achieved his goal with his own troupe (a group of actors he trained for seven years). others (notably Walter Kerr) shy away doubting whether Grotowski? ideas should eve be pushed to their ultimate, gut-level extreme...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Theatregoer The Three Sisters at the Loeb through Dec. 13 | 12/6/1969 | See Source »

...feel them but see them. Characters (actors) almost violently grab for each other when they feel love. They growl at each other when they feel hate. They dance and spin when they are happy. The power of the production, ideally, operates on a conscious rather than a sub-conscious level...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Theatregoer The Three Sisters at the Loeb through Dec. 13 | 12/6/1969 | See Source »

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