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...their purpose: "Sweep the great renegade of the working class onto the garbage heap!" and "Sweep the Khrushchev of China into the dustbin of history!" The man so described by these sanitation-minded youngsters, who also referred to him as "a paper tiger," the "big shot" and the "main root of revisionism," was Red China's President Liu Shao-chi, the chief foe of Chairman Mao Tse-tung and his Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. The renewed attacks on Liu showed that Mao and his followers have not yet succeeded in winning the day; they also signaled a new phase...
Never before in recent history has a team which hasn't won the pennant in seven years been as safe a bet to lead the National League as the Pittsburgh Pirates are in 1967. And seldom has it been so socially acceptable to root for such an overwhelming favorite. The Buccaneers play the majors' most exciting brand of ball, typified by MVP Roberto Clemente. The flashy Puerto Rican makes every catch in right field look tough, consistently throws behind baserunners, even to first, changes bats if a pitcher gets two strikes on him, and wins a couple of games...
...contest, Dennis Ribant is a Met who might make good, Elroy Face ... To understand why baseball will always be the national pastime, tune in the Pirates some night when they're down 3-0 going into the seventh and listen to announcer Bob Prince, the best in the business, root the Buccos on, single by single, as they...
...village birthplace. The conquering Chinese in 207 B.C. first organized the Vietnamese into close-knit villages, with a council of elders and a headman who was priest, welfare worker and justice of the peace all in one. When the Chinese were thrown out, the forms remained and took root in an almost feudal system of loyalty to locality. But with the coming of the French in the 19th century, village autonomy was gradually undercut, and in 1954 President Diem eliminated it altogether, placing village government under officials appointed in Saigon...
...Root of Humanism. Far more substantial differences showed up in Costa's new program, which he announced to the country. Castello Branco ran Brazil with graphs, charts and a cold eye for results; Costa hopes to "humanize" the revolution that first put the military into power in 1964. "Social humanism," Costa told Brazilians last week, "will be the most profound root of my government." Gently divorcing himself from the harsh economic and social controls that made Castello Branco un popular, Costa promised more homes, hospitals, schools and "comforts" for the poor, and a broad program of public works...