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TIME'S European Economic Correspondent Robert Ball reports: "Perhaps France could limp through this year without devaluation, just as the mark might squeeze through without a parity change (though this is less likely). But one is bound to ask why. A clean break fairly soon would be better for France and for the world monetary system than living with a sick franc for months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Money: Apres moi, la Devaluation | 5/9/1969 | See Source »

Mutuality. For all the upbeat motions elsewhere, Richard Nixon's central foreign policy concern remained the swift extrication of the U.S. from Viet Nam on honorable terms. As the Paris negotiations limp on with no settlement in sight, Nixon's thinking has focused increasingly on scaling down the American presence in Viet Nam. Even a limited withdrawal could ease domestic political pressure, perhaps reduce casualties and serve as a peace initiative. But how to take the first step safely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: NIXON'S DIPLOMACY: THE VIET NAM WAR AND BEYOND | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

...casseroles that put starch and substance in our limp modernity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clergy: A Cook for All Seasons | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

...Wolfe, a former writer on the Laugh-In and Soul shows, warns that the "here-come-de-judge syndrome can be very dangerous, because it is apt to convince white audiences that Negroes are, after all, just kidding." He misses the point. No matter what the show or how limp the humor, the "Yassuh, boss" jokes are still, basically, satire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Programming: Black Can Be Funny | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

Shades of Tiny Tim! The hottest recording discovery in the land these days is a tall, skinny, cross-eyed albino blues guitarist with limp, shoulder-length cotton white hair. He may look like a hippie Ichabod Crane, but Johnny Winter, 25, is something else. Columbia Records has just signed him to a contract that could pay him $600,000 over the next five years, and concert managers have already begun to book him for as much as $7,500 a night. Yet three months ago, Johnny was bouncing from one dingy Texas joint to another for maybe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Chicken-Soup Freak | 2/28/1969 | See Source »

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