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The 65 girls in the graduating class of the Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pa., listened with solemn commencement faces as Dwight Eisenhower, 76, spoke to them of the glories of education and the unwisdom of picking a political leader "by his beauty or by his shock of hair." All...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 23, 1967 | 6/23/1967 | See Source »

Since the Paulists' ouster, delegations from their parish have met twice with the bishop, who refuses to reverse the decision. What most disturbs supporters of the four priests is their conviction that Gorman's explanation, whether justified or not, skirts another reason for the firing: the interfaith popularity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roman Catholics: A Punt on the Five-Yard Line | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

Transatlantic? By 1963, British engineers had solved the clearance problem by equipping hovercraft with rubberized canvas skirts several feet long. Although the skirts were strong enough to contain the pressurized air-enabling hovercraft to rise several feet above the ground-they were flexible enough to brush over solid obstacles and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Hovering Closer to Success | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

Maybe. But for the moment, at least, the new maxis or midis seem not so much a threat to the miniskirt as an alternative. "The midi will get time, but not equal time with the mini," predicts Henri Bendel President Geraldine Stutz. She sees the midi as "a great outfit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Next, the Maxiskirt? | 5/12/1967 | See Source »

Cussing & Calamity Janes. Braniff International tried to have it both ways, one day running a full-page "weight watcher's guide to Dallas" listing its low, medium-and high-calorie flights, the next day taking a two-page newspa per ad to boast about its gourmet delicacies plus special...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Vive la Difference! | 4/14/1967 | See Source »

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