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Opening to the Seine. For all his eccentric behavior, Sihanouk has also sometimes proved himself a shrewd politician. Since independence from France ten years ago, he has jailed home-grown Communists and wooed his red-hot young leftist critics into the government -while at the same time maintaining warm relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cambodia: Balance of Menaces | 11/29/1963 | See Source »

Pete Riley punted to Dave Poe, who bobbled the slippery ball and quickly fell on it at his own 34-yard line. This shaky maneuver, however, soon proved to be the start of a major offensive by the Crimson.

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: Crimson Downs Tigers, 21-7, in Upset; Victory Rivives Harvard's Title Hopes | 11/9/1963 | See Source »

Played on a slippery field, the game was even for the first half. With five minutes gone in the first quarter, the Crimson scored when Cormac O'Malley cashed in on a garbage goal. The Penn goalie had dropped the ball on a corner kick, and in the ensuing melee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Just One of Those Days: Booters Electrified, 3-2 | 11/4/1963 | See Source »

Out of the Wilderness. The delegates were even more relieved by Wilson's performance. Over the years, Harold Wilson, 47, has earned the reputation of a vain, slippery opportunist. Less than a year ago, one longtime colleague said: "I have never known such a brilliant or such an unloved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: The Road to Jerusalem | 10/11/1963 | See Source »

Sam didn't play it at all yesterday as Boston's Channel 4 attempted to show the Humphrey Bogart classic, "Casablanca." A combination of vicious cutting and a projectionist's slippery fingers left hundreds of Bogey's Cambridge connoisseurs weeping as time went by during "Boston Movietime" yesterday afternoon.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Casablanca Debauch Saddens Bog-Symps | 10/2/1963 | See Source »

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