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In person, Folk Singer-Poet Bob Dylan spoke for an age. Over the roaring roll of his guitar, he rasped out sarcastic, sardonic cries of anger, anxiety and alienation that made the young generation wince with the pleasure of recognition. In seclusion in Woodstock, N.Y., since a motorcycle spill in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recordings: Basic Dylan | 1/12/1968 | See Source »

Far from being a sellout to storybook ballet, Agathe is a wholly original synthesis of a variety of dance arts. Eileen Cropley's every motion depicts the transformation of the girl from maidenly naivete to knowing womanhood; her timid, mincing steps broaden gradually to final exultant leaps. As Satan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Hamlet | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

Far from being a sellout to storybook ballet, Agathe is a wholly original synthesis of a variety of dance arts. Eileen Cropley's every motion depicts the transformation of the girl from maidenly naivete to knowing womanhood; her timid, mincing steps broaden gradually to final exultant leaps. As Satan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Out of the Rain | 1/5/1968 | See Source »

"No Limit." Standing in the rococo Senate Caucus Room, Minnesota's Eugene Joseph McCarthy, 51, a sardonic intellectual and an outspoken critic of Viet Nam policy, announced that he will enter at least four of next spring's primaries as a Democratic antiwar candidate opposing Lyndon Johnson.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: A Voice for Dissent | 12/8/1967 | See Source »

In 19 years in Congress-ten in the House and nine in the Senate-McCarthy has placed his stamp on very little legislation. To some of his colleagues, his sardonic humor is cynicism; his casualness, indifference. Though McCarthy has scant chance of winning the nomination himself, he might, by attracting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Limited Candidate | 11/17/1967 | See Source »

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