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...with almost unbearable pain that we have witnessed the end of the chase, a lion brought down by a yelping mongrel pack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 12, 1968 | 4/12/1968 | See Source »

...Harvey Oswald fired the bullets that killed John F. Kennedy. As his aquamarine limousine passed within 200 yards of the building, the President also seemed determined to curtain his memories of that terrible day and spot. With Daughter Luci in the back seat, Johnson chatted lightly about his mongrel Yuki, perched on the ledge behind his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Fly Now, Tell Later | 3/8/1968 | See Source »

Marine Band, its scarlet tunics reflected in the Waterford chandeliers pendent from the 20-foot ceiling, played Bach's Arioso and Barber's Adagio for Strings, as Yuki, the President's favorite mongrel, trotted around outside in new red bootees and a matching jacket inscribed "CONGRATULATIONS...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White House: Captain Courageous | 12/15/1967 | See Source »

...Marines time to dive for cover, though the North Vietnamese have an ominous new gun of unknown make that gives only a one-second warning. The men of Gio Linh have developed acute ears for descending shells, but the alert is usually given first by Hardcore, their pet Vietnamese mongrel dog. When Hardcore starts whining and heading for cover, the entire camp follows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: The Bitterest Battlefield | 9/22/1967 | See Source »

Eight on the Lam offers Bob Hope the ultimate insult: it assumes that he needs comic relief. As a meekling bank teller, Bob finds himself unjustly accused of rifling the tills and takes to the hills with his seven momless moppets and their inevitable mongrel. A fair enough premise for a one-man vehicle, but Hope is almost lost in a cast of characters that includes a slopstick baby sitter (Phyllis Diller) and her detective boy friend (Jonathan Winters), mouthing a script that contains relentless japes about little boys' bladders and big girls' figures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Second Banana Oil | 5/12/1967 | See Source »

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