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In Washington last week, both Turkey's Premier Ismet Inönü, 79, and Greece's Premier George Papandreou, 76, wondered just who had President Lyndon Johnson's blue bead. They had come separately to the White House after the Cyprus crisis hotted up early this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cyprus: The Parable of the Blue Beads | 7/3/1964 | See Source »

Swimming to School. A tiny, wizened vegetarian and teetotaler who stands only 5 ft. 2 in. and weighs a mere 105 Ibs., Shastri* has never been out of India. As a schoolboy he was so poor that he swam the Ganges daily with his books strapped to his head because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Architect | 1/24/1964 | See Source »

It was raining hard on Wednesday when the trial resumed; some water began to leak through the roof and drip down next to the defense attorney's table. The little wizened bailiff brought a spittoon over to catch the increasing flow of drops.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Report From Albany, Ga. | 8/9/1963 | See Source »

The automobile at the head of the procession of saffron-robed Buddhist monks in Saigon suddenly choked to a stop at an intersection. The occupants of the car lifted its hood as chanting priests began forming a circle seven or eight deep around the vehicle. Prayer beads clutched in his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Trial by Fire | 6/21/1963 | See Source »

In the Philippine Republic, where political power and economic power are closely intertwined, few have ever played the double game so well as the brothers Lopez -Eugenio, 61, and Fernando, 58. The older and dominant brother, wizened, unsociable Eugenio. presides over "the Molasses Fund." the war chest out of which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Business: Assault on the Powerful | 9/7/1962 | See Source »

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