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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Plainly, the President will need a brand-new scenario, and some of the ideas tossed around would do credit to DeMille. Why not fly off, after the November election, to Africa? Then to Moscow to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and coo with Kosygin in the Kremlin. Next, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and tea with Harold Wilson for old time's sake. A final fling in Asia, L.BJ.'s personal preserve, and then a philosophic valedictory designed to galvanize the nation into thinking about its duties at home and abroad...
...Washington, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, reflecting on the U.S.'s determined response in 1961 to Khrushchev's threats to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany, cautioned his aides against any hasty action. Said Rusk: "We mobilized troops, we spent $6 billion, and when we looked around, nobody was there...
Flying into rain-soaked Manhattan, the President made a calculated surprise visit to address the U.N. General Assembly, whose members had just voted, 95 to 4, to endorse the nuclear nonproliferation pact. When it is signed by the U.S., Russia, Britain and 40 non-nuclear countries, the treaty will prohibit traffic in nuclear arms and war materiel between the atomic haves and havenots, and at the same time encourage the spread of peaceful know-how and materials. Although two atomically armed nations-France and Red China-will not sign the treaty, and such nations as India, Israel and West Germany...
Harman's theory is that human aging is at least partly due to the action of body chemicals called "free radicals." These oxidizing agents touch off reactions that Harman believes cause bodily changes like hardening of the arteries, a commonly accepted sign of aging. BHT, on the other hand, is an antioxidant, a substance that retards those oxidizing reactions. It works its elixir-of-youth magic in mice, says Harman, by soaking up their free radicals like a powerful chemical sponge...
...Museum took over a building that had formerly housed a pool hall and an auto showroom, last month set up a neighborhood branch called MUSE. Its exhibits invite participation; there are African drums to pound, African masks that can be worn, and a display of exotic headgear with a sign, "Please...