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...Agnew's criticism [May 11] has expanded to include University of Michigan President Robben Fleming, along with other university presidents, student protesters, admission policies, parents who have read Dr. Spock and progressive preachers, not to mention any number of implied targets. All this under the guise of roasting marshmallows to give them tough coats. Perhaps in 1972, the marshmallows will have their own version of a roast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 25, 1970 | 5/25/1970 | See Source »

...black students by 1971] buckled under to a few squads of kid extortionists. As for the vigor of my criticism of President Fleming, it was conscious-based on the old Cub Scout theory that the best way to put a tough coat on a marshmallow is to roast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: How to Roast a Marshmallow | 5/11/1970 | See Source »

...Have Everything), but continued to make scores of "final" appearances. Asked about her style, Gypsy quoted her teacher Tessie the Tassel Twirler. "In burlesque," Tessie once told her, "you've got to leave 'em hungry for more. You don't just dump the whole roast on the platter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 11, 1970 | 5/11/1970 | See Source »

Rumania's Tarom has new, British-built BAC-111s on its international flights, but little else. Pilots hamhandedly overcompensate on the controls, giving each flight the quality of a roller-coaster ride. Stewardesses are plump and cheerful. Breakfast sometimes consists of cold roast pork and sliced green peppers. Bucharest has a modern terminal, but ground service is slow and surly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: A Guide to Adventurous Flying | 5/4/1970 | See Source »

...reading Loewinsohn can be every bit as satis??? as eating a roast beef special. Just be careful. Meat Air doesn't always stick to your bones...

Author: By Elizabeth R. Fishel, | Title: Meat Air | 5/1/1970 | See Source »

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