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Until recently, the worse the war became, the more vocal opposition it created. Now, Johnson's "hard line" has pulled the props out from under the liberal-moderate congressional objectors who in their image-conscious way have depended for much of their legitimacy on the President's propaganda about limited...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The 'Boston Memo': Civil Disobedience As Part of a New Anti-War Movement | 4/21/1967 | See Source »

Banished Burly. In 1631, in the granddaddy of all showbiz altercations, Jones and Jonson split (the argument, naturally, concerned who should get top billing). But so popular was Jones with Connoisseur King Charles that Jonson was forced to retire from court. Jones continued to rule as the arbiter of taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exhibitions: Masked & Bared | 4/14/1967 | See Source »

Under Robert Finch's direction, an obviously dedicated cast makes The Crucible superior to most House productions. It shares many of the common faults of House shows: the props are conspicuously modern, the written affidavits invariably blank sheets of typing paper; Reverend Hale enters the Paris house with an armload...

Author: By Tim Hunter, | Title: The Crucible | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

Lerner's vulnerability to the camera is in sharp contrast to the elusive and inviolable presence of the title character, her features frozen in that maddening half-smile which is traditionally associated with the Mother of God. Hunter scarcely gives her a motion until her third appearance, when she shows...

Author: By Timothy S. Mayer, | Title: Sinister Madonna | 3/3/1967 | See Source »

To have any real effect, U.N. sanctions would have to include a total blockade on oil imports by Rhodesia. But such a blockade would almost inevitably lead Britain into a direct economic confrontation with South Africa, which now supplies the fuel that Rhodesia cannot readily get anywhere else. That would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rhodesia: Admission of Failure | 12/16/1966 | See Source »

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