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...ordinarily have been of much consequence. But it was perceived as a vivid symbol, calling immediately to mind a much younger Richard Nixon who bragged on television that his wife wore only a "respectable Republican cloth coat." Strategically, the allegation was also important to investigators because it helped them trace the means by which much of Nixon's campaign funds had apparently been "laundered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Ervin Committee's Last Hurrah | 7/22/1974 | See Source »

Michael Levin's Tybalt lacks sufficient fire until he gets to the duel with Romeo, which is fast, furious and fanatical. A cheer for Patrick Crean, who has coached every trace of timidity and amateurism out of all the fencers...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Juliet Not Good Enough for Her Romeo | 7/5/1974 | See Source »

This sort of time change always has the same effect: it up dates the costumes and jarringly displaces the Elizabethan line. Kahn claims to have based his 1866 version on Luigi Visconti's film, The Leopard. But it lacks any trace of the rich textures of the Visconti settings. No one could look at this tacky Verona for a moment and call it "fair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Bard Becalmed | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

...snatched off the street shortly after Big Daddy dismissed him as Foreign Minister. His body was later found floating in the Victoria Nile. In September 1972, six gunmen barged into the nation's high court and dragged off the Chief Justice, Benedicto Kiwanuka. He disappeared without a trace, as did George Kamba, a former Ambassador to West Germany who vanished from a reception that Amin was giving in his honor. Ugandans explain the missing with a wry joke that reflects Big Daddy's bizarre brand of propaganda: "They have been confused by the Zionists and imperialists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UGANDA: Shooting the Moon | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

...decided that they intentionally tried to deceive him. One day, walking by the Business School, he saw a sign bearing strange initials--"NATD NASCID"--and an arrow pointing down the street. Curious about the meaning of the strange initials, he followed the arrow, but could find no trace of another sign or any indication of what the initials stood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Inside Looking Out | 6/13/1974 | See Source »

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