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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...members of three royal families (Greece, Bulgaria and Spain), two Spanish Cabinet ministers and Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Thus last week, in the 20-room Zarzuela Palace on the outskirts of Madrid, Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso y Todos los Santos de Borbón, who might by the 21st century sit on the Spanish throne, was freed from the bonds of original...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: The Game Goes On | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

...Council has made two significant recommendations on matters that most SFAC members considered urgent. At its first meeting in December, the Council voted to ask the Faculty to permit the seating of John Fouts '69, the Dudley representative who is on probation as a result of the Dow sit-in. The resolution cautiously clarified that the request was made "without implying...any judgement by this Council on the substantive issues of his probation...

Author: By Andrew Jamison, | Title: SFAC Prudence | 2/13/1968 | See Source »

...American Left learned first that it was not enough just to sing and carry signs for Peace. It learned second that it was also not enough to sit down and organize against war. The Left has had to admit that material self-interest must precede material sacrifice...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Alexander, | Title: How to Beat the Draft Legally (and illegally) | 2/12/1968 | See Source »

...possible penal aspects of the 1-A classification also became evident in the recent case in which the Ann Arbor, Mich. draft board reclassified students who had II-S (student) deferments to 1-A because the students held an anti-war sit-in in their local headquarters. The courts ruled the reclassification unconstitutional...

Author: By Adele M. Rosen, | Title: The Selective Service System | 2/12/1968 | See Source »

...decorators and clients alike, the most important part of the entire undertaking is the in-depth interviewing at the very outset. Do the members of the family live formally or informally? Do they favor buffet suppers or sit-down dinners? Do they play bridge? Are they hi-fi buffs? Do they have young children or teenagers? What are their hobbies? Working with a decorator is thus something like going to a psychiatrist, only more expensive: name decorators reckon on spending at least $10,000 for each room and a minimum of $50,000 for an entire house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Home: Room for Every Taste | 2/9/1968 | See Source »

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