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Dates: during 1960-1969
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THOUGH they may disagree with his policies, foreign diplomats will find it difficult to dislike West Germany's new Foreign Minister. Affable and engaging, Walter Scheel, who is also the leader of the Free Democratic Party, has the relaxed manner and quick wit of a Rhinelander. An adept mime, he delights in performing creditable imitations of other West German politicians. He loves to tell jokes, often making himself the butt. At a recent ball in West Berlin, for example, he showed up wearing a hand-lettered sign on his lapel that read in English: "Kiss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Jester in Striped Pants | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...particular kind of self-indulgence as the homosexual revenges himself on a hostile world by writing grotesque exaggerations of straight customs, concentrates on superficial stylistic furbelows or develops a "campy" fetish for old movies. Somerset Maugham once said of the homosexual artist that "with his keen insight and quick sensibility, he can pierce the depths, but in his innate frivolity he fetches up from them not a priceless jewel but a tinsel ornament...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Homosexual: Newly Visible, Newly Understood | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...operating policy for the company: "Clear out the nonproductive items and keep the productive ones, and you have a successful business." MGM began last year to sell off its real estate holdings, which are scattered from Culver City, Calif., to London. In order to realize some quick profits, Kerkorian is likely to dispose of more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Return of Smiling Jim | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...most difficult, most meaningful experiments, the counter culture must refuse official legitimacy and easy publicity, for they will certainly lead to quick vulgarization. The free universities, for instance, have to refuse that absolute corrupter, academic credit. The communes have to decline the slick publicity which will no doubt spawn Communal Weekends at posh resorts. Horny house-wives are already flocking to places like Esalen, looking for miracles and a good...

Author: By Sandy Bonder, | Title: From the Shelf The Making of a Counter Culture | 10/30/1969 | See Source »

Princeton fought Penn to a scoreless tie at half-time last weekend and then jumped to a quick 1-0 lead on a goal by Bonaventure Mbida early in the third period. With most of the play in the Tiger half of the field, Penn's Israeli star Tom Lieberman evened the match in the same period...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quakers Come From Behind to Defeat Princeton And Remain Tied With Unbeaten Crimson Booters | 10/30/1969 | See Source »

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