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Always a city of soldiers, Saigon was as usual crowded with men in uniform, though they were now the rumpled greens, devoid of all insignia, worn by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The soldiers, scrupulously polite and well-behaved, were mostly simple country boys obviously astounded by the sights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VIET NAM: Toward the 'Ho Chi Minh Era' | 5/26/1975 | See Source »

Teddy Kennedy took advantage of the congressional Easter recess to go back to Massachusetts and keep his fences well mended with the adoring home folks last week. His suits were uncharacteristically rumpled, his shoes unshined, his waistline bulging more than it did a few months ago. But he was tan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Teddy: Running or Not? | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

"I could not have guessed, from the outward appearances, that the man sitting next to me would exert more of an influence on my mind than would any of my professors at Harvard, Wearing a rumpled suit and an ancient straw hot, he looked the a typical racetrack bum. But...

Author: By Tom Aronson, | Title: The Logic of Equine Illogic | 3/25/1975 | See Source »

That philosophy would probably not be disputed by Ettore Sottsass Jr., 57, one of Italy's most versatile industrial designers. Best known for his revolutionary design of Olivetti's Valentine typewriter in 1969, the rumpled, droop-mustachioed Sottsass still devotes most of his time to that company'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Those Designing Europeans | 2/17/1975 | See Source »

Tse-tung. A member of the Communist Party since 1927 and as a Politburo appointee, one of China's chief negotiators with Henry Kissinger, the rumpled, jowly Yeh has long been highly esteemed in both party and army circles. He has, however, always been a stalwart supporter of Mao...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: A Triumph for the Moderates | 1/27/1975 | See Source »

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