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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Nowadays, however, he sticks mainly to monologue, or rather oratory. He likes to think of himself as the "Toastmaster General of the U.S." Since he is essentially a Jewish comic, he specializes in Israel-bond and similar fund-raising functions. He is equally proud of the fact that he spoke at inaugural parties for Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entertainers: The Loved One | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

Stokely Carmichael carge to Boston. He spoke in the streets and he was heard. He talked of hate and was loved. Everyone touched...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: Carmichael on "Black Power" | 8/23/1966 | See Source »

...which makes Minnesota's Tony Oliva, 25, just about the luckiest hitter in baseball-and close to the best. In 1964, as a baby-faced Cuban farm lad who spoke practically no English ("Tony talks so bad," cracked Fellow Cuban Zoilo Versalles, the Twins' shortstop, "that he even says 'ain't' in Spanish"). Outfielder Oliva hit 32 home runs and batted .323-thus becoming the first rookie ever to win the American League's batting championship. Last year, playing with a bad knee and a painfully bruised hand, he drove in 98 runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Three in a Row? | 8/19/1966 | See Source »

...Chinese see negotiation in Vietnam as a sell-out of the revolution, and say that under to circumstances should Hanol go to the conference table," Morton H. Halperin, Defense Department official and former assistant professor of Government at Harvard, said last night. Halperin spoke on a program broadcast on WGBH...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Halperin Sees No Vietnam Truce, Says Chinese Rule Out Negotiation | 8/12/1966 | See Source »

Before the Attorney General spoke, the delegates had voted 103 to 78 against a motion to shelve the matter pending further study; after his speech, they voted overwhelmingly to table the resolution criticizing the Administration's plan. Only 57 delegates voted for the resolution...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lawyers Rebuff Marbury, Support Reform of Juries | 8/12/1966 | See Source »

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