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Claudia Wallis' wonderful account??of the accomplishments of a couple with Down syndrome [July 24] noted that they both graduated from high school. Carrie Bergeron went on to Herkimer County Community College in upstate New York, where she received a teacher's aide certificate, and Sujeet Desai graduated from the Berkshire Hills Music Academy in South Hadley, Mass., a postsecondary program for young-adult musicians with cognitive or developmental disabilities. And both have found meaningful work based on their dreams--Carrie in child care and Suj as a performer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 14, 2006 | 8/6/2006 | See Source »

Richard Nixon's survival as President was in grave doubt, and?by Nixon's account???so was the peace of the world for a few tense hours. The foreign crisis was resolved, but the unmaking of the presidency of Richard Nixon gathered such momentum as to almost ensure even more crises in the days ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CRISIS: Seven Tumultuous Days | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

...Convention made up? There were 142 delegates from Minnesota and about 90 from the Dakotas. The remaining 170 came from the rest of the U. S. Several organizations had separate votes on their own account???including The Workers' Party and the Federated Farmer-Labor Party, both communistic. In the general mass of delegates were representatives of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers (the only large union represented), the Woman's Shelley Club of North Dakota, the Galesburg Musical Club, the Negro Tenants' Protective League, the People's Voice Culture Club, the Housewives' Protective League, the Workmen's Gymnastic Association, the National Woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADICALS: At St. Paul | 6/30/1924 | See Source »

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