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...blues-had his staff order some kitschily elaborate threads for 150 of his White House police from a Washington military tailor. What did the President think of the uniform? "He likes it," reported Press Secretary Ron Ziegler. Some guests may have wondered whether the White House would soon revert to its old name. For a time, in the 19th century, the executive mansion was known as the President's Palace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American Notes: The Palace Guard | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

...small. The proportion shrinks further after graduation. For his part, Gerzon seems to believe in a permanent estrangement of the generations. Such a view lacks foundation. After returning home to a job in a Middle American community, even radical college students may well revise their political stances. Many will revert in time to the party affiliations inherited from their families. Our generation will probably prove a conservative...

Author: By Tromas Geoghegan, | Title: From the Shelf The Whole World Is Watching | 2/5/1970 | See Source »

...Studies suggest that a significant and perhaps increasing proportion of our population falls into the category of diagnosable mental illness," Grinspoon said. "Faced with high levels of environmental or intro-psychic stress, both groups, healthy and ill, may revert to more primitive modes of thinking, often characterized by magical explanations and symbolic usage...

Author: By Carol R. Sternhell, | Title: Flying Saucers and Your Head | 1/6/1970 | See Source »

...matter come in. Why not scuttle the sixteen-course requirement as well and leave every man's education up to him? I have doubts about how well that would work out. Ideally, we should omit the four years too, and the whole community revert to the Greek university, a community for inquiry where a person stays as long as he deems needful. But that kind of university also should not grant degrees. Maybe the time will come when we can seriously entertain such a possibility. But given the function of the B.A. in current American society, we would do many...

Author: By Philip Stewart, | Title: Harvard Without Concentrations? | 1/6/1970 | See Source »

Nuclear Ban. According to the agreement, the Ryukyu Islands will revert to Japan in 1972. The U.S., however, will retain the right to maintain military bases there. These bases will be subject to the terms of the U.S.-Japanese Mutual Cooperation and Security Treaty, which forbids the U.S. to deploy nuclear weapons without the approval of the Japanese. The U.S. will remove its nuclear weapons from the island before Japan takes control. If the Viet Nam war is not ended by then, the U.S. reserved the option to ask Tokyo's permission to fly combat support missions from Okinawa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: Agreement on Okinawa | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

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