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...with Kingly oratory. Even such hardcore militants as Harlem Mau Mau Leader Charles 37X Kenyatta and Los Angeles' Ron Karenga, the shaven-skulled boss of "US," manned sound trucks and passed resolutions calling for calm. Yet in the unhappy racial climate of the U.S. today, that forbearance could unravel with calamitous speed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE ASSASSINATION | 4/12/1968 | See Source »

...argues that his version of the ark is evidence that, for all of today's demythologizing, the Bible has a basis in fact. "I be lieve," says he, "that the Bible is a true account of what actually happened. It is up to us to unravel its secrets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Old Testament: Noah's Liberty Ship | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

...scholars had heard of this scroll in Qumran, Jordan, near the Dead Sea, and with its 18 foot Hebrew text they began to unravel Biblical history...

Author: By Diana L. Ordin, | Title: There's Nothing Dead About The Dead Sea Scrolls That A Lot of Money Couldn't Cure | 12/4/1967 | See Source »

...will concentrate on honing its present commitment to maximum efficiency. Westmoreland's only significant request was to continue bombing the North without any extended pause. He compared the war to a knitted sweater, stretched and worn until the threads have grown thin. "In time," he said, "it will unravel. It is difficult to forecast when it will unravel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Progress | 11/24/1967 | See Source »

Norman Vincent Peale occasionally watches Lucy, Bonanza and The F.B.I. Van Cliburn often unwinds between practice sessions or before performances with afternoon soap operas. So does Artur Rubinstein, who on request can unravel the complicated plots of a half dozen of the soapers. ("Those organs!" says Rubinstein, holding his nose and unmistakably imitating their quavering tone.) William Buckley says that he finds no time for TV, but Chicago Lawyer Newton Minow, the former Federal Communications Commission chairman who described TV as a "vast wasteland," still watches fairly regularly. Among his favorites: Get Smart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Audience: Viewing from the Top | 11/24/1967 | See Source »

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