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...moment the scene in Lowell Lecture Hall yesterday reminded one of the old Government 185. There were the course's two professors: Dean Bundy, with his familiar, sleek, winding sentences, and Robert R. Bowie, Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, quiet, precise, well-organized...

Author: By Robert W. Gordon, | Title: Bundy, Bowie Discuss Foreign Policy | 6/15/1961 | See Source »

...ship-to-shore radio, as well as refrigerator, push-button electric anchor, three-ton central air-conditioning unit, and separate power plant. Bored by the waste of time involved in troll fishing, its skipper located fishing holes with his electronic depth gauge, then sportingly set out bait and hook. Sleek and awesome as a jet fighter, as it nosed through the same waters, was a 16-ft. home-built craft powered by a 450-h.p. sports-car engine. "I wanted a hot boat,'' said its owner. "This engine was souped up until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Leisure: The Prairie Schooners | 6/9/1961 | See Source »

With the U.S. and Russia warily sidling toward negotiations in Laos (see THE NATION), the man in the middle of the muddle was sleek and equivocal Prince Souvanna Phouma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Man of the Hour | 4/7/1961 | See Source »

...future King, two other princelings returned from France. Prince Souvanna Phouma, 59, and his half brother Prince Souphanouvong, 48, belonged to a remote branch of the royal family. Both studied civil engineering in Paris and won high marks. Prince Souvanna, upon his return, slipped easily into the crowd of sleek sybarites who for the past six years have flitted in and out of office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos: The White Elephant | 3/17/1961 | See Source »

...stage of London's Royal Festival Hall, father and son appeared in sharp contrast. Playing a reddish Stradivarius, David was short, pudgy and genial; playing a yellowing Guarnerius, Igor was tall, sleek and reserved. For the most part, the carefully selected program of Bach chamber music served to contrast them even more clearly, identify each as a commanding solo artist. Although critics agreed that Igor still has a long way to go before he can challenge his father's mastery, the younger man's forceful, exuberant interpretation of the Concerto for Violin in E neatly counterbalanced David...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: My Boy | 3/3/1961 | See Source »

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