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AFTER the Kennedys invited William Manchester in February 1964 to write an account of the assassination, Bobby Kennedy thought that the author might whip through his work before the 1964 election campaign; after all, the tragic ground had already been covered by others. Jacqueline Kennedy thought the book would wind...
A Little Lovemaking. By week's end, the strike had proved largely unsuccessful, though a few dairies closed and milk disappeared from store shelves in Nashville altogether. While more farmers endorsed the strikers' aims, many disapproved of their methods and ignored threats of violence. "As long as there...
For a big man, as they say, he moves pretty well. Shelves of bowling trophies attest to his ability, and when hippies get out of line, Tommy can mix with the best. Last year, for example, a stoned hanger-on entered Tommy's one night, leaped up on the counter...
One of the U.S. economy's more reliable indicators of future trouble is the mercurial behavior of business inventories-unsold goods on industrial, wholesale and retail shelves. Before every postwar recession-in 1948, 1953, 1957 and 1960-inventories have soared like Icarus only to plunge as businessmen liquidated their...
Rot & Rust. Despite these shifts in direction, Burma still remains one of the most determinedly socialist and neutralist nations in Southeast Asia. Ne Win has nationalized more than 90% of Burma's industry and created a socialist bureaucracy that would give even Moscow the shivers. The distribution system, handled...