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...members of the gang and other youth in Woodlawn. The Rangers wield more power in Woodlawn than any civil rights group or social action committee. It is estimated they can mobilize 1000 youth within an hour to picket or kill. In destroying the gang, the police would extinguish a torch...

Author: By Charles Sklarsky, | Title: Chicago's Loud Revolution: The Blackstone Rangers | 4/29/1967 | See Source »

...such memorable performances, this year, for the first time, the American TV Commercials Festival is awarding a Clio, the industry's equivalent of an Oscar, to the best actor in a commercial. Among the nominees is plump Charlotte Rae, who does a devastating satire of a nightclub torch singer mugging her way through the new Alka-Seltzer anthem, I've Got the Blahs. Easy wit, in fact, is the Homelies' forte. One of the best comic commercials now running features Bill McCutcheon, an inconspicuous little chap with a Silly Putty face who gets carried away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Homelies | 4/28/1967 | See Source »

...Huge Lottery. In Costa's hands now is the fate of Brazil at a time when the country stands at a critical point in its growth and development. It can either slip back almost effortlessly into its old "land of tomorrow" ways or, if Costa carries the torch, finally begin to live up to its prophesies and take its place as a power and mover in Latin America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: The Testing Place | 4/21/1967 | See Source »

...Occasionally we would see a wildflower, usually a sort of purple thistle thing, although I saw some interesting red ones with small leaves, and a white flower that looked like a morning glory, and one brilliant red torch ginger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: I Care | 3/31/1967 | See Source »

...Office of Civilian Operations (OCO), which was put together in less than two months last year to combine and direct all U.S. civil operations in the field. Already, 4,000 of South Viet Nam's 14,000 hamlets are adjudged "secure"; under the scorch of Komer's torch, at least 1,100 more will be added this year. It is difficult to gauge, however, whether Saigon embassy personnel are more dismayed to see Porter leave or Komer arrive. Plainly, the first job confronting Komer will be to win the confidence of leary officials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: QUARTET AT THE TOP | 3/24/1967 | See Source »

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