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Fiercely independent, and an outspoken iconoclast, Dayan was a success at every job he tried. But the profession of arms is his first love. He went back into uniform last week with calm confidence. If he had any complaint, it was that the desk-bound duties of a Defense Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: The Quickest War | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

...affluent democracy, when just about everyone can afford the pastime of his choice, no single game, but sport itself has become the nation's favorite. It also has become an honorable profession, open to every class and every race. It has produced a new type of professional athlete-admired, socially acceptable and remarkably well educated. Quarterback Charley Johnson of pro football's St. Louis Cardinals is currently studying for a Ph.D. in chemical engineering; Frank Ryan of the Cleveland Browns already has his Ph.D. (his dissertation: "A Characterization of the Set of Asymptotic Values of a Function Holomorphic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE GOLDEN AGE OF SPORT | 6/2/1967 | See Source »

Lack of WACs. Morgan sounded as extreme as his client. According to the charges against Levy and the testimony of some of the 27 prosecution witnesses, the doctor told GIs that he would refuse to go to Viet Nam if ordered, that Negro soldiers especially should refuse to fight there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trials: Nuremberg and Viet Nam | 5/26/1967 | See Source »

Do not neglect newspapers. If at all possible, think of a different thing to say each day so that there will always be a story about you in every paper anyone picks up. This will help to convince people that what you are saying is important. A sample approach: pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lawyers: Handbook of Success, Chapter III | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

Question: Can a book that is obviously destined to be a bestseller be all bad? Answer: Yes. Irving Wallace (The Man, The Prize, The Chapman Report) runs through several plots in The Plot: the Kennedy assassination, a defrocked diplomat's attempt to prove himself innocent of accusations of treason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Short Notices: May 19, 1967 | 5/19/1967 | See Source »

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