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...example, he similarly declared that he had no intention of kowtowing to Peking because "the more you lick China's boots, the more she scorns you." Undeterred by his host's verbiage, Bowles arrived on schedule, spent two long sessions with the unpredictable prince amid the tropical splendor of his Chamcar Mon Palace in Pnompenh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Tuning In on All Channels | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

They read ecclesiastic history, pored over medieval manuscripts, and for relaxation visited cathedrals or read their contemporaries: Tennyson, who was writing about the knights of the Round Table, and Ruskin, who was writing about the ancient splendor and modern squalor in architecture. Morris got himself into an echoing rage when a suit of armor he had commissioned from the Oxford blacksmith (the better to pose for a picture) jammed its visor and locked the prophet within...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Gothic Socialist | 12/8/1967 | See Source »

Converted from the Morse Music Library the Lounge includes a living room a kitchen area, and several small rooms with doors. The remains of the library offered last year's visitors with numerous opportunities for splendor in the shelves. Miss Clark said that the North House Committee would probably re-open the Lounge if a regular staff signed up or if demand were sufficient to merit recruiting supervisors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Closes Lounge for Dates | 11/21/1967 | See Source »

After almost 26 years of neglect and disuse, Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler's architectural masterpiece had been restored to its original splendor, and was open for business once again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Heritage: Raising the Curtain in Chicago | 11/10/1967 | See Source »

...THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIES (CBS, 9-11:15 p.m.). Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty star in William Inge's Splendor in the Grass (1961), which is also a chance to see Sandy Dennis' film debut...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Oct. 13, 1967 | 10/13/1967 | See Source »

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