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As the chief idea man, counselor and fixer for Chairman Mao, Chou is China's chief executive officer. Though his influence is powerful, he is "a builder, not a poet," as Journalist Edgar Snow says. Chou is usually described as a "moderate" or a "pragmatist." But he is also, in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: China: A Stinging Victory | 11/8/1971 | See Source »

DeBakey apparently plays his role unmercifully as a minor deity among the residents who work for him, testing them almost beyond endurance. In the operating room, he is given to exasperation: "With a third hand I could do it all myself!" Both men, naturally, are fantastically skillful. In surgery, Cooley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Super-Jesus in Surgery | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

Robert?, like Vernal Point, works with rather shop worn material; but at least it gets a lot of laughs out of it. The author also displays the greatest comic gift of all, knowing when to end his play before the audience starts to tire of the joke. The actors are...

Author: By Richard Bowker, | Title: Vernal Point and Robert? | 10/23/1971 | See Source »

Disney World's impact on its surroundings has been considerable. The resort's attorneys, operating undercover, bought their property in the early '60s for about $185 an acre-but up to $300,000 an acre has since been paid for locations close to Disney World's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Disney World: Pixie Dust Over Florida | 10/18/1971 | See Source »

Both the CIA and the KGB have had their share of successes and disasters. The CIA prides itself on the Penkovsky case, which exposed the operation?and many of the personnel?of the .Soviet military intelligence network. In 1967, the CIA managed the skillful extrication from Moscow of KGB Colonel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Spies: Foot Soldiers in an Endless War | 10/11/1971 | See Source »

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