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Word: white (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that the Government listened in regularly on the telephone conversations of Teamsters Boss Jimmy Hoffa and a wide assortment of Mafia chieftains. But recently the public has also learned that the FBI indulged in eavesdropping on Negro Leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Elijah Muhammad, as well as such white radicals as David Dellinger and Jerry Rubin. Not even Capitol Hill is immune, according to Democratic Senator Ralph W. Yarborough of Texas and Republican Senator Carl T. Curtis of Nebraska, who contend that congressional telephones have also been subjected to bugging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Government: The New Line on Wiretapping | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

Chunky, 5 ft. 9 in. and dark, Heikal displays a thorough but careful command of English, flashing his near-perfect white teeth and waving his omnipresent Havana cigar. He was born 45 years ago in a small village near Cairo, and made his reputation as a war correspondent in 1948 in Palestine, where he first met Captain Gamal Abdel Nasser. By 1952 they had become fast friends. Just before the revolution, Nasser pointedly asked him what he thought should be done about the Farouk regime. "I knew then," Heikal says, "that something was afoot and that they had confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Editors: Nasser's Pal | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

...Cleveland Browns defensive back, readily admits that his Barnes Enterprises, Inc., a public relations firm, has gained considerable yardage from his football background. "You can get in the door if they've heard of you," Barnes says, "and that is half the battle." Once inside, Barnes tells white businessmen that "if they want the black man as a consumer, they are going to have to encourage him as a producer." Barnes and his nine-man staff primarily help big companies find black firms that can supply goods and services...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black Capitalism: Into the Big Leagues | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

...house next to Las Vegas' Desert Inn golf course. Only recently has the slim, dark-haired entrepreneur begun to show signs that the jet-set life might appeal to him. Last winter, he launched a 147-ft. motor yacht and traded up from a Lockheed Jetstar to a white-and-green DC-9 jet in which he installed a lavish office. It was the first such plane in the world acquired for personal use; a second was sold later to Playboy Hugh Hefner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entrepreneurs: The High Ride on Free Time | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

...Orson Welles (where, come Sunday, Les Creatures will be playing along with Jerzy Skolimowski Identification Marks: None) ready to have fun, to relish that essential joy of sitting in a movie house, sensing the lights dim, and watching white magic light up the screen...

Author: By Terry CURTIS Fox, | Title: Les Creatures | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

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