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Chuyen had already been given a massive dose of morphine, bundled into a boat and shot to death with a .22-cal. pistol. His body, weighted with chains, was dumped into either the deep, mud-bottomed Giang River or the South China Sea. Despite weeks of full-time dredging by three ships, Chuyen's body has not been recovered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: GREEN BERETS ON TRIAL | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

...around by her hair. He countered with a claim that when he was on location she had a house guest named Nicky Hilton. During the divorce proceedings, Wayne uttered an aside that could have come from one of his early oaters: "I deeply regret that I'll hafta sling mud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: John Wayne as the Last Hero | 8/8/1969 | See Source »

That possibility has worried Venetians, and those who love Venice, for centuries. Lord Byron foresaw a day when the city's "marble walls are level with the waters." Built on a group of mud islands and reinforced only by ancient wooden piles and wattles, Venice has always been a sinking city. In recent years, however, in addition to losing ground at an ever faster rate, it has been attacked by the pestilence of modern cities-air pollution. As a result, the city and its treasures are now in greater danger than ever before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE SINKING JEWEL OF THE ADRIATIC | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

...couple of miles outside of Milford. We turned off the highway and up an unpaved road, driving past a working granite quarry. When we reached the vicinity of the abandoned quarry past that, we parked the car. I got out and fond myself standing in a puddle of mud about four inches deep. I did not see the cabin...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: The Ghosts of New Hampshire | 4/10/1969 | See Source »

...stocks his wine cellar and pays his utility bills. On weekends, the executive can relax at one of the firm's winter or summer retreats. Once a year he may choose to recuperate at Baden-Baden or some other spa, imbibing mineral waters and immersing himself in medicinal mud at company expense. Other German executives annually are given blank airline tickets for themselves and their wives. They may fill out the tickets for "business" trips to any place they care to visit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Salaries And Benefits: The Golden Fringe | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

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