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...hold on to what we had. It was a time of eternal conflict ("....when it became apparent that this country was destined to maintain a large military capability for the indefinite future. . . "), a time when people learned to take the long view, to put what was wisest and safest for the country ahead of what was rational and humane...

Author: By David I. Bruck, | Title: Pusey's Letter | 2/25/1969 | See Source »

...that the amateur buyer is apt to be abandoned in the middle of a price list. Artists giving a show can be approached easily enough by way of a compliment, preferably sincere. After that, the ball must be kept rolling to produce the desired results. Technical questions are usually safest, for example, "Tell me, Mr. Bannard, which particular shades of Dutch Boy house paints...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Galleries: How to Attend an Opening | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

Besides the inevitable competing claims of the vaccine producers, there may be controversy as to which type is safest and most effective. The front runner so far is a vaccine named HPV-77 by the virologists who developed it in the Federal Government's Division of Biologies Standards. This has already been tested on more than 20,000 persons and satisfies the three main requirements: 1) although it causes a mild rash in a few vaccinated children, it has no serious side effects; 2) it produces good antibody levels, and therefore immunity, in more than 90% of those vaccinated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Infectious Diseases: Rubella Vaccines | 11/1/1968 | See Source »

...thought a quick return to the hotel would be the safest plan, but I hadn't reckoned with redneck wilyness. As I neared the black part of Meridian, I realized that a pick-up truck was following me. Not thinking too well, I decided that the best thing to do would be to get out of town--I hadn't left anything in the hotel, and maybe my renunciation of BF Young would convince potential rednecks I was harmless...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Southern Schizophrenia: | 10/7/1968 | See Source »

...Born in Bulgaria, Angelof deserted his country's army in 1965, slipped across the border into Greece, and entered the U.S. as a refugee in 1966. The Central Park episode would not have been so prominently noted had it not occurred on the fringe of Manhattan's safest and most comfortable East Side enclave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Insane and Reckless Murder | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

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