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...reputation for maintaining stern, even brutal discipline. That may not bode too well for the immediate future, since General Pinochet is a tough and energetic commander, as well as a stickler for army regulations. Born in Valparaiso−Allende's home town−Pinochet (pronounced pee-no-chet) entered the army's military academy at the age of 18. He has been to the U.S. Southern Command in the Panama Canal Zone several times, and in 1956 served as military attache to the Chilean embassy in Washington. Although a number of Chile's top-ranking officers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The Military and Its Master | 9/24/1973 | See Source »

...poker table is his ability to stay loose and observe his opponents keenly. No matter what the stakes, he keeps up an amiable chatter with other players. "Some of these guys play the games real uptight," he says; "it's so quiet you could hear an ant pee on cotton. But Ah like to shake 'em up, put a rattlesnake in their pocket and ask 'em for a match...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Slim's Good Life | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

Kennedy also said that she plans to sponsor a women's "pee-in" in the Yard to protest the lack of womens' bathroom facilities at Harvard. She said the "pee-in" will be held in late May when she is in Boston for a feminists' convention at Boston University...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Black Activist Advocates Student Support of Strike | 3/14/1973 | See Source »

...HOUR AFTER the Swearing-In ceremonies ended, the Inaugural Parade began. Among the participants were four Pee-Wee football teams, all of which had won divisional championships. "We're marching behind the Texas float, 'The Winning Spirit,'" said Bob Lanham, the group's manager...

Author: By E.j. Dionne and Dorothy A. Lindsay, S | Title: Demonstrators Face Nixon: Two Worlds in Washington | 1/29/1973 | See Source »

...down a proposed boycott of the Dodgers by a group of St. Louis Cardinals. On the field, though, race-baiting continued unabated, most stridently and offensively by the Philadelphia Phillies and their manager Ben Chapman. Once, when Robinson seemed ready to storm the Philadelphia bench, Dodger Shortstop Pee Wee Reese, Jackie's closest friend on the team, silenced Chapman by challenging him to "take on somebody who can fight back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Hard Out | 11/6/1972 | See Source »

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