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Secret Smile. It was only the beginning of otherworldliness. Before the day ended, Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi -Manson's opposite in a carefully tailored gray suit and vest, possessor of an enviable record of successful prosecutions-had attributed to the vagueness of a Beatles' song part of Manson'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Other End of Society | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

What Pusey said then was essentially that although it might be true that communists had no right to teach at universities, there were no communists left at Harvard. He had already removed any he could find. He told McCarthy that Harvard had to be free to police itself. We begin...

Author: By David R. Ignatius, | Title: Pusey's Mystification | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

The fair has plenty to offer the Japanese and wondrous sights to please the eye of the international fair-hopper. The U.S. Pavilion, where the lines and the wait (as much as five hours) are the longest, is most popular. Sports and space -sure winners in Japan-dominate the "Images...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: World's Fair, Asian Style | 4/20/1970 | See Source »

Wrede and Scriptwriter Ronald Harwood have been scrupulously faithful to the novel. The movie offers no sweeping denouncements, no involved escape plots, no girls, no sex-just a tautly understated account of 17 hours of physical and moral survival against crushing odds.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Simulating Siberia | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

Why Farson takes Max as a client may appear to some unclear. though a case could be made that it results from the personal antagonism of two different lifestyles, as I think Levy would argue; in any case it's strangely believable-we've seen men dying in cancer commercials...

Author: By Joel Haycock, | Title: The Moviegoer Herostratus at the Orson Welles, starting tomorrow | 2/24/1970 | See Source »

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