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...that they are the only power in South Viet Nam that can truly oppose the Communists. Thich Tri Quang, who is emerging as South Viet Nam's top Buddhist leader?Americans remember him as the monk who took refuge in the U.S. embassy during the weeks preceding Diem's overthrow???sounds as anti-Communist as any American could wish. Says he: "Like all educated Buddhists, I don't like Communism because it is atheistic. I strongly believe that Communism can never win." In the next breath he adds: "But I fear it is coming to South Viet Nam because this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Buddha on the Barricades | 12/11/1964 | See Source »

Shotgun Toters. Elsewhere throughout frantically excited Buenos Aires firing had only begun. Supporters of ousted ex-President Hipólito Irigoyen seized whatever firearms came handy, swarmed into the streets with shotguns and hunting rifles, dashed about in motor cars proclaiming General Uriburu's overthrow??? which they may or may not have believed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: Shots & Loans | 9/22/1930 | See Source »

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