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Cryptic as that utterance was (and it committed France to nothing), it was a well-timed political gesture. Predictably, it sent a glow across both the country and the Continent. Behind the maneuver lay an uncomfortable fact: with the Dec. 5 voting just around the corner, De Gaulle's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Shedding the Shell | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

The college quarterbacks were "awful," the running backs were "only so-so," the linemen were "neither big enough nor quick enough." These heart-rending groans, of course, were only a tactical maneuver - designed to keep prices down. Last year competition for talent between the two pro leagues was so intense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: College Football: Pick of the Pros | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

At week's end, while Vietnamese paratroopers moved in to continue the battle and give the torn ranks of the 1st Air Cav a well-earned rest, General William Westmoreland summed up the official American view of the long month that began with the siege at Plei Me: "I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: The Valleys of Death | 11/26/1965 | See Source »

Flying by Eyeball. An AMU-equipped astronaut will maneuver through space by manipulating control knobs at the end of each of two projecting arms-the right knob for attitude, the left for direction of motion. Should he want to turn to the left, for example, he will turn the right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Inside While Outside | 11/26/1965 | See Source »

This time, unfortunately, the long-shot became more than a remote possibility. If it had been successful, Gemini 6 would have been the first demonstration of rendezvous and docking in space-a maneuver that is absolutely essential to any manned mission to the moon. Now the Russians have a second...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: The Glitch & the Gemini | 11/5/1965 | See Source »

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