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...Abdel Nasser seek to dominate the desert land; the Russians at present need no oil, but would like to deny the oil to the West. Soviet ships now ply the Indian Ocean, and early this year nosed into the Persian Gulf on courtesy visits. With such forces on the prowl, it is no time for disputes among Persian Gulf neighbors; yet until last week Iran and Saudi Arabia were embroiled in a troublesome feud...
...more than a month. Senior U.S. officials an nounced that, far from pulling back, the Communists were massing for a drive on Saigon. Seventy combat battalions, including eight artillery battalions, were reported within 50 miles of the capital. To the north, 25 to 30 Communist battalions were on the prowl in the DMZ and the two northernmost provinces of South Viet...
...years since the first tiny pack of Panthers emerged in Oakland, they have seized pre-eminence in the Black Power movement. They are not only militant but also militaristic. They have guns, determination, discipline and the makings of a nationwide organization. In a dozen black ghettos, Panthers prowl in uniform: black jackets, black berets, tight black trousers. They proclaim their right to bear arms, and they have an affinity for violence. Committed to revolution, devoted to some hard-line Chinese Communist doubletalk, they are gathering notoriety as an American...
Thanks to this sort of showmanship, The Who's recent 30-city U.S. tour was-well, a smashing success. But the display, as Peter Townshend admits, "is an act, and it really is meaningless." It is also troublesome, since it requires them constantly to prowl the pawnshops in search of cheap replacements for broken instruments. "We started using it," says Townshend, "as a lever to get the audiences to come, and then, we hoped, dig the rest of the music." Now the audiences are coming. The Who rank close behind the Beatles and the Rolling Stones...
...Novack, owner of the Hotel Fontainebleau. "The Republicans aren't spending any money," he groused. "I'm not making a dime out of this convention." Outfitted in his "double-breasted blue flannel blazer, yachting cap and white duck pants," wrote Agnes Ash, "Novack continued to prowl the lobby, restlessly looking in vain for a big spender...