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...small wiry man with an intense stare and a manic thirst for promotion, Christo, 41, is no stranger to large projects. He first came to the art world's attention in the late '50s and early '60s by swathing all manner of objects-chairs, trees, cars, women, motorcycles and, in 1968 at "Documenta" in Kassel, West Germany, a 280-ft. column of air-with rope, canvas and sheet plastic. If this all amounted to little more than a series of energetic variations on Man Ray's 1920 Enigma of Isidore Ducasse (a sewing machine wrapped...
Exulted Democratic National Committee Chairman Robert Strauss: "The state of our party is very good?organized, vibrant, forward-looking and hell-bent on victory." Said Douglas Fraser, a liberal United Auto Workers vice president who originally backed Morris Udall for the nomination: "It's a thirst for victory that we have, and we don't want to put that possibility in jeopardy." Added Daley: "We've been fighting too long and losing too long. Now we've got a great candidate...
...think that the teaching of black American history at Harvard is imperative. However, it would be wrong to assume that the needs of the Afro-American Department can be met and students' thirst quenched by the study of modern history alone. The study of the experiences of black people during the last four hundred years must be complemented by the study of our ancient and African heritage, the study of thousands of years of the rich historical and cultural background of black people in Africa...
...expanded public service employment. Humphrey has a close and longstanding association with Walter Heller, head of the Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and a member of TIME'S Board of Economists. Says Heller: "Hubert is still the quickest study in the business." Humphrey, whose thirst for new ideas is almost as insatiable as his need to talk, is in constant touch with other experts like Nathan...
...Flying Corps, the "knights of the air" in their gyring Sopwiths, preserved the image of man-to-man conflict. The other was Arabia. On that exotic chessboard-as described by Lawrence and imagined by thousands of readers who would never go there-battle regained its heraldic quality. Despite the thirst, flies and scorching heat, "the march became rather splendid and barbaric ... the wild mass of twelve hundred bouncing camels of the bodyguard, packed as closely as they could move, the men in every variety of coloured clothes and the camels nearly as brilliant in their trappings. We filled the valley...