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Never before in recent history has a team which hasn't won the pennant in seven years been as safe a bet to lead the National League as the Pittsburgh Pirates are in 1967. And seldom has it been so socially acceptable to root for such an overwhelming favorite. The...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: THE SPORTS DOPE | 4/11/1967 | See Source »

"Since independence, however, the Africans have become very mature in appraising their short-run manpower needs. The African authorities are very picky about what kinds of people they will send abroad for training. We have to pass up some awfully good history majors to get down to the lad wanting...

Author: By Thomas B. Reston, | Title: "I Weep to You for the First Help": African Youth Apply to American Colleges | 3/18/1967 | See Source »

Back in Cambridge, a subcommittee of the ASPAU Board of Trustees makes the final decision after looking over the students' interests and prospective majors. It assigns them to universities best suited to their needs.

Author: By Thomas B. Reston, | Title: "I Weep to You for the First Help": African Youth Apply to American Colleges | 3/18/1967 | See Source »

Few students see any reason to deny the establishment-oriented character of the school's undergraduate program. They learn, in the words of one uncomplaining student, "why Dulles did what he did"--i.e., the constraints operating on government policy-makers. A substantial number (perhaps 25 per cent) of Woodrow Wilson...

Author: By James Lardner, | Title: Political Prep School, Princeton Style: | 2/25/1967 | See Source »

Now pumping a modest 100,000 bbl. a day, BP Bunker Hunt ranks fifth among the majors operating in Libya. But it has enormous potential, because of its concessions in the huge Sarir field. To exploit its holding, BP Bunker Hunt has built a capacious crude-oil pipeline leading from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Libya: Pumping Up Profits | 2/24/1967 | See Source »

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