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...York's Nassau County, ex-OSS Officer and onetime Nixon Speechwriter William J. Casey is trying to make headway before the June 28 G.O.P. primary against favored Steven B. Derounian, a hard-lining Goldwater man, by calling for negotiations "at any time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: The Peace Candidates | 6/17/1966 | See Source »

...according to the passport office--an isolated incident. The directive cited Hughes's testimony at a 1961 hearing on behalf of the late Robert A. Soblen, who had been convicted of espionage, as evidence of Hughes's "pro-Communist leanings." But Hughes testified only as an expert witness on OSS procedures during the war, saying that Soblen could not have had "access to information on highly secret weapons...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Hughes Investigation | 3/30/1966 | See Source »

...players. His starting line is set with Charlie Njoku and Dudley Blodget at the wings, Hugh Polk and Fred Akuffo at the insides, and Jim all at center forward. But there is a scramble for positions on the second line, esoecially at the wings. There the oss of Akin Adewole and Morgan Hudson have left the second positions wide open, and Munro will be looking for some more talent...

Author: By Jonathan B. Marks, | Title: Booters Favored Wallop B.U. Second Win | 10/2/1965 | See Source »

...degrees from Stanford and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley. He taught at Mount Holyoke College and Connecticut College, and after wartime service as a Marine Corps captain assigned to the OSS, he joined the Manhattan-based Carnegie Corporation, in nine years rose to the top. Gardner has also headed the Corporation's education arm, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Administration: Explorer for Excellence | 8/6/1965 | See Source »

...province (where he dutifully dubbed a streamlet "Lenin Spring"), Ho planted the seeds of the Viet Minh-the underground outfit that would carry him to power. During the five-year Japanese occupation of World War II, he carefully nursed alliances with the Chinese Communists, the Kuomintang and the American OSS, receiving some aid from all three. His steady aim: to strengthen the Viet Minh and one day kick out the French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: North Viet Nam: The Jungle Marxist | 7/16/1965 | See Source »

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