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...Texas-Oklahoma border, and they were fast friends. Rayburn helped pick Albert as Democratic whip in 1955. To Rayburn admirers, the two small men (Rayburn was l½ in. taller) even seemed to operate alike. Said one as he watched Albert in 1962: "Look at the little fellow! Ain't that Mr. Sam?" Albert has stumbled only once in his steady climb since then; he appeared vacillating and uncertain as he chaired the chaotic 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. He had suffered a heart attack two years before the convention, but has now fully recovered both his health and self-confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Coming Battle Between President and Congress | 2/1/1971 | See Source »

Coproduced by Phil Spector and already in the top ten on the Billboard charts after only four weeks, John Lennon /Plastic Ono Band has a spare, economic deployment of musical means that suits Lennon's soul-baring mood perfectly. / Found Out ("There ain't no Jesus gonna come from the sky/ Now that I found out I know I can cry") relies for much of its effect on the simple, choked sound of a single guitar strand. Elsewhere Lennon mourns the death of his mother twelve years ago, defines love (as feeling, reaching, needing, freedom) and finally, in God, Lennon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Beatled????mmerung | 1/25/1971 | See Source »

...verbal. Frazier was contributing little to the buildup of the fight, Ali said, because "Joe Frazier never wrote no poems, never did no shuffles and never did no predicting. He don't look like a champion, he's flatfooted, he's got no rhythm and he ain't even pretty." Retorted Frazier: "Shut up, will you. Somebody call a doctor. I don't want him to have a heart attack." Frazier had reason to be concerned. If the bout is held as scheduled, each fighter will receive a fee of $2.5 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jan. 11, 1971 | 1/11/1971 | See Source »

...Pack. Tap Root is ample proof of Diamond's versatility. Side 1 contains Cracklin' Rosie (a reference to the joys of loosening up with a sparkling pink wine), a Top Ten single for two months last fall, as well as the new He Ain't Heavy . . . He's My Brother, currently the No. 22 single...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tin Pan Tailor | 1/11/1971 | See Source »

...place in a crash pad of pulsating lights, acid-rock stereo, Day-Glo and even antiwar posters. The patients first smoke joints that taste like marijuana but are not, then inject themselves with needles. After the pleasant rush, they vomit into plastic bags for up to four hours. "It ain't worth it, goddam, it ain't worth it," one paratrooper repeated over and over after one recent injection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Humanizing the U.S. Military | 12/21/1970 | See Source »

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