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Tipped off about the coup by the King's letter to General Anghelis, the junta reacted swiftly, with military precision. Shoppers in Athens were startled to see armored personnel carriers take up positions around government buildings. Troops appeared on rooftops. Other military units set up a defense line north...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greece: The Coup That Collapsed | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

Though they lacked the precision of computerized analysis, the surveys of painting and sculpture staged by the Whitney Museum of American Art have long been considered the U.S. art world's Gallup poll. They attracted the whole spectrum of artistic talent, accurately forecast which schools and techniques were gaining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Neck & Neck | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

Despite recessions in several countries, Lego's holiday sales on the Continent were running up to 20% ahead of last year's pace. What makes that perform ance all the more impressive is the fact that Lego thrives in the fad-ridden toy industry with just one main...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Denmark: Toys from Jutland | 12/22/1967 | See Source »

With the warm humanity and scholarly precision which have characterized his teaching career, C. Crane Brinton '19, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, gave his farewell lecture at Harvard yesterday.

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: An Era's End: Brinton Retires | 12/20/1967 | See Source »

Her once bouffant hair pulled back in stylish severity beneath a 15-yard tulle veil, the bride swept down the stair case into the East Room of the White House. She moved in metronomic precision on the arm of her father, the 36th President of the United States, beneath the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The White House: Captain Courageous | 12/15/1967 | See Source »

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