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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...failed in three more attempts to win a seat in Parliament, cranked out nine undistinguished books, and wrote numerous newspaper columns in which he vented his wrath on Americans, British politicians and the Fleet Street press lords. "I'm a naughty tease," he explained. "I like to attack rich and powerful people." The London Observer mused that he was "dangerously over-inflated with hot air, bursting with ruderies, strained around the seams, self-sealing against the tin-tacks of opposition and criticism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: In the Shadow | 6/14/1968 | See Source »

STAR ISLAND BOY, by Louise Dickinson Rich (Franklin Watts; $3.50). A foster child, pushed from home to home, discovers warmth and a sense of identity among the lobster fishermen on a bleak Maine island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jun. 7, 1968 | 6/7/1968 | See Source »

...recent atmosphere of flippancy towards laws and rules, it would seem that a major prohibitive factor in the pranks market lies in fear of trespassing or lawbreaking. A perfect example of this was in the elaborate 900th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings plotted by the Lampoon last year. Rich and jubilant after a tremendously successful Play boy parody, the Poonies hired elephants and specially designed bows and arrows to re-enact the great battle right here at Cambridge-on-the-Charles. All the arrangements were made amidst great excitement and relative secrecy. What stopped the warriors from their brave...

Author: By Betsy Nadas, | Title: Salute to Times Past: The Lampoon lbis | 6/3/1968 | See Source »

...been retained and refurbished, including the paddock sheltered by a well-trussed, 140-year-old white pine. The new grandstand quarters for the exclusive Turf and Field Club would have been approved by the track's namesake, August Belmont (ne Schonberg), who once declared: "Racing is for the rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Race Tracks: Return to Belmont | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

...agricultural experts necessary for rebuilding war's ruins. Malaysia can join in the reconstruction effort with timber and cement, South Korea with textiles and fertilizer. Indonesia, potentially a major Asian supplier of oil and copper, is even now busily luring the foreign investment necessary to exploit its rich natural resources...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Asia: The Perils & Promise of Peace | 5/31/1968 | See Source »

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