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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Some experts, including William Pfaff of the Hudson Institute, are convinced that any durable settlement for Viet Nam must sooner or later embrace all the countries of Southeast Asia, providing for the neutralization of not only Viet Nam but also Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and perhaps even Malaysia. Pfaff would include Thailand (and to a lesser extent Malaysia) to balance off North Viet Nam's presence in the neutralist bloc with a prospering, pro-Western nation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: HOW THE WAR IN VIET NAM MIGHT END | 8/9/1968 | See Source »

...Toledo, Judge Paul W. Alexander's much-admired conciliation court averts divorce in 44% of the cases it tackles. In Los Angeles, Judge Roger A. Pfaff's conciliation court gets 50% of its business from lawyers who refer unhappy spouses even before they file divorce suits. With the aid of eleven highly trained counselors who must have at least ten years' experience, Pfaff's court helps more than 4,000 volunteer couples a year, gets 60% of them to make up and sign detailed "husband-wife" agreements that have the force of law. "Divorce courts throughout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE SORRY STATE OF DIVORCE LAW | 2/11/1966 | See Source »

...state of "domicile"-where the parties really live-has power to end marriages. State courts may question whether Mexico has jurisdiction to grant a valid divorce to people with their return plane reservations in their pockets. Thus, many lawyers would agree with California's Judge Roger Alton Pfaff: "A Mexican divorce is really a fraud upon the state where the parties are domiciled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Domestic Relations: The Perils of Mexican Divorce | 12/27/1963 | See Source »

...Board. But sewing machines are still what make Singer's business hum. A decade ago, competition from cheaper Japanese machines and technologically superior European machines such as Pfaff and Necchi had Singer breathing hard. But today Singer's American-made "Slant-O-Matic" has recaptured technological superiority, and the machines that the company makes in overseas plants to be sold in the U.S. compete with the Japanese in price. Singer now holds more than 40% of the U.S. sewing-machine market and is picking up another 2% each year. Abroad, where the fastest growth in sewing-machine sales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Singer's New Seam | 1/4/1963 | See Source »

...recipients were Henry P. Gates, arl J. Green, David D. Grossman, ony M. Lanyi, Arthur M. Lesk, Jona- Middlebrook, Mark J. Mirsky Joseph ooney, William V. Nestrick, and d W. Pfaff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seniors Earn Lost Wilson Scholarships | 3/13/1961 | See Source »

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