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The civil rights demonstrations not only provided excitement; they also served as a constant, though unpleasant, reminder that the fair was in part a caricature of American affluence, wastefulness, and indifference. Situated only twenty minutes away from the slums of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Harlem, the fair seems to deny existence...

Author: By Robert F. Wagner jr., | Title: World's Fair | 4/24/1964 | See Source »

Sir: With Cambodia's small population, the dragon to the north, their weak neighbors in surrounding southeast Asia, and the so far apparent inability of the U.S. to guarantee political stability and independence in this area, who can blame Sihanouk [April 3] for playing the opportunistic bad boy? This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Apr. 17, 1964 | 4/17/1964 | See Source »

Sir: With Cambodia's small population, the dragon to the north, their weak neighbors in surrounding southeast Asia, and the so far apparent inability of the U.S. to guarantee political stability and independence in this area, who can blame Sihanouk [April 3] for playing the opportunistic bad boy? This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 17, 1964 | 4/17/1964 | See Source »

In spite of his breathless baroque style, Barzun adds nothing new to the literature of dismay. As is often the case with prophets of doom, Barzun overlooks the fact that much of what he finds unpleasant today has always existed, and cannot be blamed on Freud, Darwin, science, literacy, or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: One Crummy Culture | 4/17/1964 | See Source »

Altogether Li'l Abner at Winthrop is a triple whammy of a show. About the only unpleasant comment I can make is that the remaining performances are nearly sold out. The cast really should consider extending the run.

Author: By Joseph M. Russin, | Title: L'il Abner | 4/16/1964 | See Source »

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