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The speedup that was overtaking Tahoe, and which imperils many another U.S. lake of natural beauty, is the population-cum-recreation explosion. In 1956, Tahoe was a drowsy summer paradise of about 3,000 residents; by 1965, it was a turbulent tourist mecca of gaudy gambling casinos, glaring neon bar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conservation: Keeping Tahoe Alive | 8/12/1966 | See Source »

Drowsy Victim. Dr. Gebhardt knew that in the summertime, usually beginning in July, at least one species of mosquito carries the WEE virus from infected animal to man or from infected man to man. He also knew that some birds, notably swallows, harbor the virus. But in the Rockies and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Infectious Diseases: Winter Resort for Viruses | 8/12/1966 | See Source »

Though he can make any flippancy sound quotable just by arching his eyebrows over it, Grant is never left on his own to build a flimsy notion into a one-man show. Sol Saks's dialogue bristles amiably from first to last, and when blithe spirits threaten to overflow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Olympic Clowning | 7/15/1966 | See Source »

It was 3:30 a.m. when the 70-year-old patient, staying overnight in Walter Reed Hospital for a routine early-morning checkup, swung his legs from under the covers to get up. Drowsy and unaccustomed to the high hospital bed, Everett Dirksen went sprawling onto the vinyl floor of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Time Out for Ev | 5/20/1966 | See Source »

It was a drowsy Friday morning in Honolulu when the news clattered in over wire-service tickers. Within 32 hours, President Johnson and a small army of "peace warriors" would descend on the island for a whirlwind summit conference with the leaders of South Viet Nam. Hordes of communications, security...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Making the Decisions | 2/18/1966 | See Source »

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