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...BALLOU. The funniest if not the fastest gun in the West is Lee Marvin, a double-barreled delight in his portrayal of two desperadoes, one determined to help and one to hinder the schemes of a pistol-packing schoolmarm (Jane Fonda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 23, 1965 | 7/23/1965 | See Source »

...celebrated are the two Trung sisters who mounted elephants to lead a revolt against Chinese overlords in 40 A.D. More recently, Madame Nhu carried the banner in Saigon toward the end of the Diem regime and thought it only proper that her sloe-eyed daughter, Le Thuy, receive a pistol for her 18th birthday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Viet Nam: Girls Under Fire | 7/23/1965 | See Source »

...correspondent on his plane. Said he: "I'll govern this country like a military command. If I say the price of rice should drop, what I want to see is a price drop. Even if I have to . . ." Cocking his thumb and forefinger like a pistol, he added grimly: "Twenty or thirty people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: The Invisible Enemy | 7/9/1965 | See Source »

...lightweight bulletproof vest and seat protector is being issued to U.S. helicopter pilots. Made of a classified combination of synthetic fibers and metal, weighing half as much as steel, the vest can absorb the full impact of a rifle or pistol bullet, shredding the bullet as it pierces the outer layer of the plating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weapons: Jungle Proving Ground | 7/9/1965 | See Source »

...newly developed recoilless pistol that fires a tiny rocket with twice the wallop of a .45, is inexpensive to produce (as low as 850 each) and simple to operate. Loaded with six 13-mm. rounds, each an inch and a half long, the gun ignites the rocket's solid fuel to fire the projectile toward the target...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weapons: Jungle Proving Ground | 7/9/1965 | See Source »

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