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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...conviction and wrote a dissenting opinion that expressed some of my distaste for the whole proceeding-which opinion was found so sharp as to warrant the censorship of non-publication in the official reports. The reversal on appeal of the co-defendant cannot set aright the fatal judicial wrong done Lenny Bruce-a wrong that is one of the reasons for my retirement from the bench...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 22, 1968 | 3/22/1968 | See Source »

Clifford carried the proposition to Johnson, who immediately objected that 1) it was the kind of political deal that no President could or should enter into; 2) it would say, in effect, that he had been wrong, and Hanoi would thus receive an immeasurable lift; 3) the President would be surrendering his responsibilities to a committee; 4) the names Kennedy proposed constituted a "stacked deck"; and 5) in any event, he had already heard the views of some of those on Kennedy's list...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: KENNEDY'S SECRET ULTIMATUM | 3/22/1968 | See Source »

...friendly government, the marchers were led by none other than Erlander's heir apparent, Olof Palme, 41, the Education Minister. Swedish-American relations have become so bad, in fact, that last week U.S. Ambassador William Heath was recalled for consultations with President Johnson on just what is going wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sweden: Poisoned Relations | 3/22/1968 | See Source »

...space of a single night at the mythical Lincoln International Airport, nearly every imaginable man, machine or function goes wrong. One of the worst snowstorms in history has been raging over the airport for three days. The longest and widest runway is blocked by a mired Boeing 707. A traffic controller is suicidally depressed. And a Rome-bound flight lifts off with a man carrying a bomb in his briefcase. How Airport Manager Mel Bakersfeld and a score of other characters cope provides the suspense of this obvious but well-programmed novel. Among the nuggets Hailey might better have left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: 20th Century Waiting Rooms | 3/22/1968 | See Source »

Barry Wood could do no wrong. In late 1931, one of America's foremost sports broadcasters covered Wood and company against Dartmouth. Disappointed with Wood's performance, Ted Husing called the hero's play "putrid." Immediately thereupon, the director of athletics wrote a blistering letter to William Paley, the president of CBS, saying that Husing would never again be allowed to broadcast from Soldiers Field...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: The History Of Harvard Sports | 3/19/1968 | See Source »

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