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...rears its smirky head in the first reel, tiptoes out with a yawn long before the end. Tour guide on this how-long-can-you-leer voyage into voyeurism is Peter Ustinov, past master of the suggestive "uh" ("Hitching rides with strange young men can be dangerous for coeds; you never know how they -uh-drive"). Going to movies like Women of the World can be dangerous too; it calls for an awfully strong-uh -stomach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Creep Show | 7/12/1963 | See Source »

...appreciate your excellent coverage [June 7] of the support U.S. forces are giving the republic of Viet Nam in its struggle against the Viet Cong insurgents. However, despite my high regard for the capability of the UH-1B helicopters and the crews who fly them, I have never stated that they are the most essential unit in my command. This is a team effort, and every component of that team is considered equally essential. Our advisory personnel include members of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, all of whom are doing an outstanding job and deserve equal praise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 28, 1963 | 6/28/1963 | See Source »

...invitation of the U.S. Army, I observed the use of helicopters in combat in Viet Nam and want to congratulate you on your excellent story [June 7] on the use our troops are making there of the "Huey" or UH 1-B Iroquois...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 21, 1963 | 6/21/1963 | See Source »

...hideout 175 miles northeast of Saigon. The region was a tangled, menacing battleground, whose name, like Tennyson's Balaclava, derives from its bloody history in South Viet Nam's ugly guerrilla war. As each flight dipped into the tiny landing zone, an escort of twelve rocket-carrying UH 1-B ("Huey") choppers sprayed the scrubby underbrush with rockets and machine-gun fire. Not a single hostile shot was returned as the troops hit the ground and fanned into the jungle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: The Makeshift Killers | 6/7/1963 | See Source »

...course, since I was credited as costume designer, your critic would have no way of knowing this, but please, just for the record, I designed all of Judy's costumes for the picture with the exception of one. Uh-huh. You're right. I don't know how that red number slipped in. I plead innocent. Hollywood gremlins, I imagine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 26, 1963 | 4/26/1963 | See Source »

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