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...Right off, he told a black-tie dinner at the National Aviation Club in Washington about his plans for the Air Age and his awareness of the dangers. "There is a lot to learn in Washington about cannibals," he informed a big audience packed with Congressmen, Senators and blue-ribbon aviation-industry executives, "but I don't intend to be chewed . . . I don't intend to get caught in Washington like the girl with the Gleem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: The Bird Watcher | 2/22/1960 | See Source »

...statue of Jose Marti, Cuba's George Washington, and took off for the Palace of Fine Arts, two blocks away, to open the exposition with an outdoor speech. A few minutes later a small group of students approached the statue with their own wreath, bearing a ribbon that said: "Vindication for the visit of the assassin Mikoyan." When cops waved them off, a student shouted: "If he can place a wreath, why can't we?" Soldiers guarding Mikoyan at the exposition rushed up on the double, began firing their new Belgian automatic rifles wildly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: The Proconsul Arrives | 2/15/1960 | See Source »

...make, testified Carter President Henry Hoyt, but it sells to druggists for 3.3? and retails for about a dime. Why the wide spread? Into every pill, replied Hoyt, Carter figures research costs of .4?, promotion costs of 1?, profit of 1.2?. As for promotion, Carter has a blue-ribbon mailing list of 92,000 doctors, figures it spends 18? a week on each one to push Miltown; the industry as a whole spends much more to promote older medicines -up to 25% of sales-than to create new ones. As for profits, said Hoyt, "if you cannot get a return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Trouble in Miltown | 2/8/1960 | See Source »

Captain Pat Liles gave Harvard its first K. of C. Games blue ribbon in several years Saturday night at the Boston Garden. In the Farrell 500, Liles easily out-ran Yale captain Ed Slowik, the favorite, but had to fight off a blazing stretch challenge by Rhode Island's Vin McAloon to win. His time was a fine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Liles Takes 500 | 1/18/1960 | See Source »

Give Them Air. About the only thing that the M.P. can call his own is a single locker that is not even big enough to hold an ordinary briefcase. But a special loop of pink ribbon hangs beside the locker-dating from the days when Members were required to check their swords outside. If a Member has a secretary (whose salary he pays himself), he applies to the sergeant at arms for a place where she can work. This might turn out to be in one of the palace's three "secretarial rooms," where 40 or more girls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Room for the Hon. Members? | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

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