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...land, or 2) other Arab countries provide a police force of their own to replace the British, and themselves guarantee Kuwait's independence. The plan for an all-Arab force in Kuwait, on which Britain and the U.A.R. found themselves in rare agreement, would put Kassem in the ticklish position of opposing his fellow Arab Leaguers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Kassem's Corner | 7/21/1961 | See Source »

...kiss without a mustache is like an egg without salt," runs an old Spanish saying. That is only one of dozens of attempts to define the psychology of the mustache. Scientists examining the ticklish subject have offered assorted explanations: mustaches are telltale signs of political conservatism or father worship, emblems of confident nonconformity, or "epigamic adornments designed to win mates, like phosphorescence in fireflies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Deadly Toothbrush | 4/21/1961 | See Source »

...into position on the continental shelf some 80 miles southeast of Manhattan, TT4 was considered an engineering triumph. Its three 310-ft. stiltlike legs had been built and trussed together before being towed to sea. Anchoring them in mud and silt on the ocean floor had been a trying, ticklish business. But by December 1957, TT4 had its legs and its massive triangular platform in place. Powerful radars were installed, and eight officers and 65 enlisted men moved into its cramped quarters. Along with two other towers (TT1 was never built), TT4 became a vital part of the U.S. early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disasters: Death on Old Shaky | 1/27/1961 | See Source »

...grants and time off for research. One of his first presidential acts was getting raises for about half the faculty; full professors now earn as much as $20,000 a year. And in marked contrast to the Wilson regime, facultymen now feel free to speak out on such Texas-ticklish subjects as integration. When students recently began stand-ins at Austin's segregated movie houses, 192 faculty members openly endorsed the movement with signed statements in the student newspaper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: First-Class Ticket | 1/13/1961 | See Source »

...then there was the ticklish problem of Brother Bobby, 35. The Presidentelect wanted him as his U.S. Attorney General-and knew there would be an outcry against it. Jack Kennedy thinks crime needs major attention-not only juvenile delinquency but also labor racketeering (with particular reference to Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa). He also wants a good, hard look at the federal regulatory agencies, and feels that Bobby would make an able crime-busting investigator. But both brothers knew that there would be a fuss; Jack Kennedy argued that it would blow over. In private conversations he indicated a willingness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Cabinetry | 12/12/1960 | See Source »

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