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Unfortunately, Miller has chosen to tell his story in terms of Jonathan Miller's libido, and even this loses its feeling with four chapters to go. Dissolution and impotence characterize his relations with a series of middle-aged rejects, prostitutes, and pin-up horrors. Hope and a hint of life's finer promise, however, is embodied in an 18 year old Fidelista named Celia Chang...

Author: By Fred Gardner, | Title: Residue Of Hatred In Havana | 11/9/1962 | See Source »

...Vermont Tweed Shop (next to the Brattle Theater) has an extremely impressive array of kilts at $29.95 in sizes 6-16. Imported from Scotland, they sport leather buckle closings on the side and are street length, unlike the "knee ticklers" so popular with the circle pin set this season. The collection includes about fifty authentic tartans, and for plaid-identifying enthusiasts, there is a copy of The Clans and Tartans of Scotland handy for reference...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Clothes Horse | 11/9/1962 | See Source »

...Cuba. This statement was taken completely out of context. What I did say was that if the bases could be proven a dangerous threat to American or world security, and if the Russians did not withdraw peacefully (as they now seem to be doing), then I would favor a pin-point bombing of the bases rather than an invasion seeking the ruthless destruction of the present Cuban government...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT DEMONSTRATION | 10/31/1962 | See Source »

...clever government agent wanted a gimmick to divert attention from Red China's woeful economic failures, he could scarcely have dreamed up a better one. Mao's wife is a slender, handsome woman of about 45 who once acted in Chinese movies under the name Lan Pin, now calls herself Chiang Ching. She married him in 1939 after he divorced No. 3. Liu's wife, Wang Kuang-mei, is also his fourth. The first was killed during China's civil war, the other two were divorced. Some 25 years his junior (Liu is in his early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China: The Women | 10/19/1962 | See Source »

...once told a religion reporter seeking an insight into his church designs, "I would rather not pin the matter down. I would rather work than go to church...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Minoru Yamasaki | 10/13/1962 | See Source »

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