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When the North Vietnamese clammed up over a question in the past, U.S. negotiators usually let the point pass. Porter likes to glare across the green baize table top and say: "Maybe you didn't hear me." He is particularly irked by the manners of one Communist delegate, who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: Talking Tough in Paris | 1/17/1972 | See Source »

The author was a wealthy, conservative lawyer who was born in the old province of Burgundy in 1755. He sat out the French Revolution in America, then went home to re-establish himself in the elegant world of the hunt and the salon. He was Mme. Récamier'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Non Disputandum | 12/27/1971 | See Source »

He is the star both of Broadway's hottest play (Neil Simon's The Prisoner of Second Avenue) and television's highest-rated new series (the triweekly Columbo portion of NBC Mystery Theater). But Peter Falk is nobody's idea of a leading man, not even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: A Mutt for All Seasons | 12/13/1971 | See Source »

In his opening chapter, Brown sketches the history of the interaction of the white man and the Indian from the time of Columbus until the Civil War. Even in the beginning, the cruelty, hypocrisy, and irony that were to characterize the relationship were there. Brown quotes Columbus writing back to...

Author: By Tony Hill, | Title: They're Playing Our Song, Tonto | 11/30/1971 | See Source »

For the eight lawyers on Woolf's staff, the wheeling and dealing never stops. Offering "complete representation," Woolf and his associates not only thrash out injury and waiver clauses but handle trades, drafts, taxes, bills, wills, movies, TV, endorsements, investments, public appearances and even manners. When the Boston Bruins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Woolf at the Door | 11/29/1971 | See Source »

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