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Negative Cube. The antic spirit that animates the earthworks movement has been cavorting in Manhattan for at least one year-ever since putty-nosed Claes Oldenburg, 39, dumfounded the city with his contribution to its outdoor sculpture festival. Oldenburg can always be counted on to do the unaccountable.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Avant-Garde: Subtle, Cerebral, Elusive | 11/22/1968 | See Source »

Every driver's dream is to build and race his own car. New Zealand's Bruce McLaren, 31, has carried that dream several fancies farther: practically everyone else is driving his cars too. In this year's six-race Canadian-American Challenge Series for Sports-Racing cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Auto Racing: Can-Am Cartel | 11/8/1968 | See Source »

"Dear Republican," begins the cheery letter to Oregon voters, "we have a winner. Bob Packwood is expected to beat Wayne Morse by 28,180 votes." The figure is an invention; the result may not be. Morse, 68, is in real trouble. Lawyer Robert Packwood, 36, the great-grandson of an...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE SENATE: Gains for the G.O.P., but Still Democratic and Liberal | 11/1/1968 | See Source »

At least one dog has achieved some notoriety in a specialty. Taddy, a 65-pound German shepherd bitch, has become expert at giving departing U.S. troopers-either home-or R & R-bound -a thorough sniff-over for hidden marijuana. She is so sharp that she recently nosed out two joints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: PURPLE GEESE & OTHER FIGHTING FAUNA | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

The U.S. should win at least 15 out of the 24 track and field events in Mexico City. But even that kind of performance is likely to pale next to the anticipated exploits of U.S. swimmers. Led by Debbie Meyer, a snub-nosed 16-year-old from Sacramento, Calif., who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Olympics: Back on the Gold Standard | 10/4/1968 | See Source »

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