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...invasion were never a major military threat to Strongman Fulgencio Batista, as even the revolutionaries would concede (TIME, Dec. 10). But the rebels did hope that a bold show of opposition might rally the government's disorganized enemies to guerrilla war and sabotage that would, if long continued, shake Batista's government down. Last week, with bombing, killing and arson on the rise, the regime was clearly fearful of such a possibility-and trigger-happy at the thought...
...Broadway in 1919, smart young people had recently deserted the waltz for the foxtrot, were just beginning to master the delicate nuances of the shimmy. Sam Lanin and his Ipana Troubadours were on the bandstand, thumping out such Ziegfeld Follies hits as Mandy and You Cannot Make Your Shimmy Shake on Tea. Since that distant New Year's Eve, generations of stag-line Romeos and their girls have bunny-hugged Lindy-hopped, Charlestoned, big-appled black-bottomed and jitterbugged under Roseland's star-studded ceiling. At 1 o'clock one morning last week the stars winked...
...outsung Maria in an unaffectionate duet of Lucia di Lammermoor. In jolly holiday spirits, Sordello proffered a bygones-be-bygones handshake. Maria spurned his mitt and stalked off. Warbled she to newsmen a bit later: "I said, 'Merry Christmas.' He said, 'I want to shake hands.' I asked him to apologize for what he had said. He said in good Italian, 'No. I can't do that.' I said I was sorry and withdrew my hand." Before winging off into the misty twilight, stormy-eyed Maria Callas amplified her outrage...
...Chicago had been occupied by people from all over the world-Filipinos, Russians, Australians, all gathered together for religion-and they were holding the door open to unlimited immigration and you could see Chicago growing to a population of 10 million, what would you do? Exchange ambassadors and shake hands...
...teen-agers from Tokyo to Nagasaki, and the most sensationally successful author in the nation, with four bestselling novels to his credit. Beyond all this, Ishihara is the idol and godhead of a flamboyant and far-flung cult whose youthful excesses have caused Japan's oldsters to shake their heads in horror and despair. This is the cult of Taiyozoku, the "Sun Tribers," the flaming youth of modern Japan...