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...anguish following the murder of the Rev. Martin Luther King, has been swaddled in controversy since its beginning. The attack, for the most part, comes from black students complaining of white lecturers, white textbooks and white outlook. Defenders of the course are willing to concede the possibility of a misstep but maintain that it is at least a misstep in the right direction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Soc. Sci. 5: 'A Place for the Black Man at Harvard?' | 11/14/1968 | See Source »

...Rothschild Bank in the 1950s. Without ever having delivered a public speech, joined De Gaulle's own party or stood for election, Pompidou, at 50, was appointed Premier by De Gaulle six years ago. From the start, he performed with grand personal style and only an occasional political misstep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: POMPIDOU & CIRCUMSTANCE | 7/5/1968 | See Source »

Like that $5,500 allowance race at Florida's Hialeah Park last week. The 9-2 third choice of the bettors, mostly because Baeza was on his back, Native Pitt broke slowly from the gate, was just beginning to make a move when he made a misstep and snapped both forelegs. Jockey Baeza reacted instinctively. Hauling violently on the reins, he somehow kept the staggering horse in a straight line. Finally he flung himself clear of the falling animal. An ambulance rushed him to Miami's North Shore Hospital, where he was reported "alert and conscious," suffering from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horse Racing: Looking for a Triple | 2/25/1966 | See Source »

DARLING. Julie Christie is the apotheosis of trumped-up celebrity as a kooky, easy jet-set playgirl whose every misstep helps in the social climb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Nov. 19, 1965 | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

DARLING. Julie Christie is the apotheosis of trumped-up celebrity as a kooky, easy jet-set playgirl whose every misstep helps in the social climb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Nov. 12, 1965 | 11/12/1965 | See Source »

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