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...wouldn't you know someone'd turn up and ruin it all? He's John Davidson, a singin' journalist-they're the wust kind-who finds the shiny-eyed eldest daughter (Lesley Ann Warren) to his likin'. Trouble is, the boy's a Ree-publican, and Democrat Grandpa finds him ree-voltin' Eventually Davidson talks the family into drivin' their folks' wagon on down to his home in Dakota, but that don't make no never mind. It's feudin' and fightin' soon's they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Movies: The One and Only Genuine Original Family Band | 4/5/1968 | See Source »

...them still loyal to Johnson. Only three, in New York, Oregon and Tennessee, were willing to come out publicly for Kennedy. The initial reaction among congressional Democrats, even those sympathetic to Kennedy personally and on the major issues, was one of alarm rather than support. "He'll ruin the party!" was the reflex comment of several Capitol Hill Democrats. Most congressional Democrats and party officials in the states know that they face a tough campaign already and that a fight at the top can only make their own problems more serious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Mechanics of Rebellion | 3/22/1968 | See Source »

Listen, Harvard, here you are, giving money to this war, giving brains to it, living on its fat, letting it ruin you and all you believe in. How can you let that happen? Perhaps there are no solutions to the money problems and to the problems of how to "take a stand," perhaps there are no solutions. Still, to admit the situation exists is a first step, and you won't even do that...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Knocking On the University's Door | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

...cocky. From the Mediterranean to the Sea of Japan, Soviet destroyers and trawlers boldly maneuver into the midst of formations of U.S. ships. Frequently, the intruders suddenly cut across the bow of an American ship to test the skill and technique of the helmsmen. The Russians also try to ruin maneuvers between the U.S. and its allies. In the Sea of Japan last year, Soviet warships scraped the U.S. destroyer Walker twice in an obvious attempt to break up a joint antisub exercise between U.S. and Japanese fleets. "Seafaring nations for centuries have allowed ships to proceed peacefully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Power Play on the Oceans | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

...length or first-person narration doesn't ruin an Avatar article, lack of direction will. For example, just when we expect John Wilton (in "Avatar a Newspaper at Last") to define the paper's objects, he wanders off to explain why he got a haircut...

Author: By Jack Davis, | Title: Avatar No. 19 | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

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