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To which President Johnson, who of late has restated the U.S. case for involvement in Viet Nam almost weekly, replied in a speech telephoned to the A.F.L.-C.I.O. convention in San Francisco: "We are there because, for all our shortcomings, for all our failings as a nation and a people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Waiting for Lyndon | 12/17/1965 | See Source »

Died. John Taber, 85, longtime (1923-62) Republican Congressman, from New York's Finger Lakes district, an unyielding economizer who, as ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, consistently pared large chunks from Administration budgets, concentrating on "taberizing" New Deal legislation and foreign aid; of congestive heart failure; in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Dec. 3, 1965 | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

But the question there, as well as in any other city that tries to woo motorized commuters away from their cars, is whether anybody wants to make the switch. Thousands of drivers enjoy not being tied to the unyielding timetable and the often inconvenient station locations of the railroad. Said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: ODE TO THE ROAD | 9/10/1965 | See Source »

Violence has become almost habit in the black belt when civil rights workers collide with unyielding segregationists. In Americus, Ga. (pop. 14,482), the confrontation started in 1963, and mediation efforts so far have failed. So when sudden death came one midnight last week, the only surprises were the victim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Americus the Violent | 8/6/1965 | See Source »

LA TÍA TULA. In this faultless first film, Spanish Director Miguel Picazo offers an austere and chilling portrait of a still beautiful spinster (Aurora Bautista) whose unyielding virtue quells her passion for her dead sister's husband.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jul. 23, 1965 | 7/23/1965 | See Source »

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