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Wilted and liverish, his famed bounce almost gone, Nikita Khrushchev sweated grimly through the final week of his state visit to Egypt. He barely glanced at the Karnak temples, passed up the German-built steel mill near Cairo and even the star belly dancer at the Nile Hilton who, in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Egypt: Fatigued Finish | 5/29/1964 | See Source »

We were met by Mr. Mario Giampa, manager of the State, who was to validate our press pass. Remembering that a second film was on the bill, we asked Mr. Giampa, while he inspected our card, "Which one's on now?" He replied, "The lousy one," and we wilted at...

Author: By Paul Williams, | Title: Heavenly Bodies | 4/8/1964 | See Source »

THOUGH scholarly Chairman William L. Gary, 53, hardly seems the reformer type, the Securities and Exchange Commission has not been so active since its founding days in the turbulent early 1930s. Since taking leave from his post as a Columbia University law professor in 1961, Gary has prodded the American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personalities: Dec. 20, 1963 | 12/20/1963 | See Source »

Now that the reform Democratic movement has wilted, Stevensonians and independents have nowhere to go. Racial minorities have greater political awareness and less devotion to the Democrats, thanks to the civil rights revolution and the fading of FDR's memory. Some labor leaders, too, are not completely happy with the...

Author: By Hendrik Hertzberg, | Title: The Liberal Party | 11/23/1963 | See Source »

Kelso's record was enough to scare off most opponents: only five horses showed up to contest the $108,800 race. They made up in quality what they lacked in quantity: included in the field were Never Bend, a sleek bay sprinter who had earned more money as a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Horse Racing: The Rich Get Richer | 10/4/1963 | See Source »

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