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Georgia, Alabama and Florida, where Conservative Claude Kirk Jr. became the first Republican Governor in more than 90 years by borrowing George Mahoney's slogan, "Your Home Is Your Castle," backlash is hardly a suitable term; the racism was always there, needed no Negro demonstration to stir...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elections: A Party for All | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

Wherever they blow, the winds stir strange human actions. In Munich, as in Los Angeles, most residents are convinced that the foehn causes general lassitude, irrational behavior, suicides and an increase in crime. Israelis swear that headaches, asthma, high blood pressure, mental aberrations and other assorted ills are accentuated during the khamsin. In Sicily and some Arab nations, courts have considered the hot, dry winds as mitigating circumstances for those accused of crimes committed while they blow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meteorology: California's III Wind | 11/11/1966 | See Source »

Neurotically out of love with her husband (Peter Finch), she tries during a trip through Spain to stir the embers of eroticism by packing him off to bed with her best friend (Romy Schneider). One memorable night, as a storm rages outside, she sees Romy and Peter on a balcony in an alfresco embrace, heedless of wind, rain and lightning. Meanwhile, a murderer fleeing a crime of passion appears on an adjacent roof, and Melina decides to help him. Why? To that question there is a multiple-choice answer: 1) she is desperate for excitement, 2) she is romantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Not Always a Never | 11/4/1966 | See Source »

...that the Democrats calculated they had no chance and preferred to sacrifice Rolvaag rather than a promising young man like State Attorney General Walter Mondale (now U.S. Senator). It's more likely that Rolvaag, lieutenant governor for the last eight years, seemed the strongest candiate despite his inability to stir up anyone's enthusiasm...

Author: By Richard R. Edmonds, | Title: How to Get Mangled in Minnesota Politics: Sandy Keith Succumbs to Sympathy Vote | 11/1/1966 | See Source »

...KILLING OF SISTER GEORGE, by Frank Marcus, is an abrasive English comedy of cruelty about the games lesbians play. Beryl Reid, Eileen Atkins and Lally Bowers are expert and subtle as three witches, and their vivid interpretations of the foolish and servile, the vain and the vile, stir up a cauldron of laughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Oct. 28, 1966 | 10/28/1966 | See Source »

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