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"Tuned In, Turned On" (p. 60). Senior Editor David Gates writes that although the times they were a-changin', in the arts, only music kept pace. Despite all the potentially rich tension and upheaval, 1968 didn't produce much fiction, film or art worth remembering. But popular music, in energetic transition from old to new-and new to old-left its mark.
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"A Century of Destiny" (p. 61). Senior Editor Jerry Adler writes that 1968 wasn't the only year that changed everything in America. Other years, like 1908 -- America's year of destiny -- were equally significant and are jostling for starring roles in history. "Like other narrative forms, history must have its stars and supporting players. Some years need no introduction, like 1492 or 1776. ... Some years demand a little more effort from the historian to justify a place in the spotlight."
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EXCERPT: "The Earth Behind A Man's Thumb" (p. 62). Newsweek features an excerpt of Tom Brokaw's forthcoming book 'BOOM! Voices of the Sixties.' Brokaw writes that, "Apollo 8 would fly to the moon, orbit around the dark side, and return to Earth in the last week of December 1968 ... the training for the momentous flight went on feverishly all during 1968."
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POLITICS: "So Happy Together" (p. 31). Investigative Correspondent Mark
Hosenball reports that the Clintons' billionaire archenemy, best known as
the man behind a "vast right-wing conspiracy" that Hillary Clinton said was
out to destroy her and her husband, Richard Mell
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