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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Much of Nixon's new humor consists of pleasant jocularity that lightens what might otherwise be a dull or pompous occasion. Shortly after he took the oath, for instance, he noted that his favorite tune was Hail to the Chief. He had never, he added, had better seats for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nixon's New-Found Humor | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

After receiving a tip from a usually reliable informant, an FBI agent tails a suspected gambler and bookmaker for five days. On four of those days, the suspect parks his car near the same apartment house in St. Louis. He is observed, on one occasion, entering a flat that has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Supreme Court: New Irritant | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

Other steps should be taken to provide greater flexibility in the programs of students once they have entered on a field of concentration. Black students feel that their proposals for tutorial work, or for independent study, are too often discouraged by the present Departments and degree-awarding Committees. Social Relations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Black Students at Harvard: The Rosovsky Report | 2/4/1969 | See Source »

Each myth is different, and not all are equally successful. In one sad enterprise called Atonement, the audience remained mournfully silent for an hour. In Masks, there was so much comic facemaking that the occasion literally turned into an orgy of laughter. Occasionally, Halprin's mythical world makes its own social commentary. In Maze, for example, the participants first filed docilely through a plastic labyrinth. Then they inexplicably destroyed it. Finally, after much indecision and floundering, they created an entirely new one. Explains Halprin: "I try to deal with ideas that are very common, basic and ordinary-sexuality, conflict...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rites: The Mythmaker | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

All of L'Osservatore's editorial staffers are Italian and, except for the priests, are considered career journalists. They are chosen mainly through personal contacts with the Vatican. L'Osservatore practices little beat reporting as such. If the occasion arises, such as a special papal appearance, a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Vatican: The Pope's Bulletin Board | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

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