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Dates: during 1960-1969
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"Mod Squad"' is like that -- details with a veneer of Now, dripping with unintended Significance, a meaning that is either funny but scary too. The handling of L.S.D., for example: We see the girl at the end of her trip. She is semi-conscious, lolling about on a bed and...

Author: By Jay Cantor, | Title: Mod Squad | 10/8/1968 | See Source »

The bland Times editorial this June supporting Thornberry's nomination referred to his Southern origin and his moderation four separate times, as if that unlikely juxtaposition would suffice to insure his vote for the forces of sanity and enlightment. The Times concluded that Thornberry's appointment would keep the Fortas...

Author: By William C. Bryson, | Title: The Fortas Reflex | 10/7/1968 | See Source »

That Old Wrecker. For the long term, the West Germans feel that the only realistic guarantee for their security lies in a unified Western Europe. At week's end, German officials welcomed that old wrecker of European unity, Charles de Gaulle, to Bonn on his annual visit with somewhat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: A SEVERE CASE OF ANGST IN EUROPE | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

"London Bridge is going up," sang the 58-voice elementary school chorus. It was indeed, but more for the purpose of attracting tourists than accommodating traffic. The city of London had sold its slowly sinking span for stone-by-stone reconstruction in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., a new town of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 4, 1968 | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

Fierce debate flared during the meeting over the meaning of "all appropriate steps." In a pamphlet called "Disguised Cop-Out," students had complained that such "purposefully ambiguous" phrasing could be used "to conceal a faculty cop-out." Student rallies this week at Berkeley have demanded that the faculty ask for...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Cleaver to Teach At U.C. Berkeley | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

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