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Johnson is particularly susceptible to respiratory ailments because of a recurring bronchial weakness first contracted during high-altitude flying in World War II. He developed a scratchy throat and cough. On Friday night-with Lady Bird and Lynda gone, and Luci Baines out on a date-the President was pretty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: After The Ball | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

His last illness began with a cold. Then, on Jan. 15, Lord Moran, Churchill's personal physician for 24 years, announced that he had "developed a circulatory weakness, and there has been a cerebral thrombosis." Though he had rallied with astonishing vitality from earlier illness, including two previous strokes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Churchill: We Shall Never Surrender! | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

Although the University with its Russian Research Center is a hub for Soviet studies, there is a weakness in the undergraduate curriculum in this field. The greatest part of the students interested in gaining a familiarity with the Soviet Union, due to consideration of time, will be able to take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RUSSIAN TOO | 1/25/1965 | See Source »

After detailed study, Mattox decided that all present plating methods have the same weakness: as they are applied, the atoms of plating materials do not hit the substrate hard enough. Mattox gets around this difficulty by using a chamber filled with argon gas. Inside it the piece of metal to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Electronics: Plating with Permanence | 1/15/1965 | See Source »

An Oak Paddle. The atmosphere at St. Aug's is warm but strict. Misbehaving students are whacked with an oak paddle; homework averages three hours a day. Entrance is by competitive exam, but the school's principal, the Rev. Robert H. Grant is committed to the idea of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parochial Schools: Separate & Superior | 1/1/1965 | See Source »

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