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...TIME is wise to attribute "all-purpose bore" as descriptive of Galbraith to an intangible some. It is not likely to have come from anyone who has heard or read the man. To one who disagrees with him, Galbraith may seem platitudinous, or wrong, or oppressively clever, but not, in the interest of fact, a bore...
...tourist attraction. He has become an all-purpose critic in the U.S. and beyond, jousting with as many demons as a latter-day Vishnu, the many-armed Hindu god of a thousand names. To some, he is just an all-purpose bore. "The two necessities for 1968," says one detractor, "are the defeat of Lyndon Johnson and the massive putdown of John Kenneth Galbraith. It's difficult to see which would be the more difficult...
...counseled anything like immediate disengagement or pulling out. The time of a possible setback, it was generally assumed, is not the time to back down. While admitting that the attacks may have been a "humbling experience" for the U.S., the somewhat dovish Chicago Daily News declared that they also bore a "message" that should not be missed in the "shock over the sight of blood." The "image of the enemy" said the News, "has altered from that of one stubborn but perhaps amenable to negotiation to that of one arrogantly confident he can smash the American will to fight. President...
...court recently for exhibition matches in Manhattan's Vanderbilt Tennis and Athletic Club wearing snazzy powder-blue shorts and shirt. All the other players were showing colors too-either "Match Blue," like Ashe, or "Trophy Yellow." What's more, the new Technicolor togs, manufactured by Catalina Martin, bore the endorsement: "Selected by the U.S.L.T.A. for the U.S. Davis Cup Team...
...lithe young men (average age: 22), the Pennsylvania company is not yet long on polish but makes up for it with a springlike exuberance and clear delight in dancing. Since Barbara Weisberger is a former pupil of George Balanchine's, it was no surprise that her company bore a stylistic resemblance to the New York City Ballet; the Pennsylvania's repertory includes six stagings of Balanchine-created ballets...