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When he came to power eight months ago, Congolese President Joseph Mobutu faced a tricky military problem. The Simba rebellion had been crushed, but the armies that had done the job were still in business-and dangerous tensions existed among them.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congo: Rising of the Kats | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

Backless, Frontless. For some, it was tricky going. Emilio Pucci's sheer white halter top and harem pants arrived at Linda Hackett's Park Avenue apart ment with a written warning that she would have to do something about keeping her bosom in. "Band-Aids don't...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Bared Bodkins | 6/24/1966 | See Source »

Judging the Tricky. Of course, most members of most of the country's 4,050 local draft boards are aware of all the tricks. Many of them have been at work without pay ever since World War II. Says Dr. W. J. Greenway, eight-year veteran and chairman of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Youth: Greeting | 6/3/1966 | See Source »

Sardines & Church Steeples. The aerial patrol symbolizes the proliferating use of helicopters (see following color pages). The machines remain costly to buy (minimum: $23,750) and tricky to fly, but coptermakers at last have overcome most of the bugs that for 25 years gave their industry more promise than progress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Helicopters: For All Purposes | 6/3/1966 | See Source »

Judex adds a subtle, sophisticated and endearing chapter to the swollen literature of cinematic pop art. In homage to French Movie Pioneer Louis Feuillade, Director Georges Franju tenderly resurrects Judex, a formidable mass hero whose dime-novel adventures burgeoned on the silent screens of France between 1916 and 1918, decades...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Period Pop | 5/13/1966 | See Source »

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