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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been said that we are all Keynesians now," writes Robert Lekachman, borrowing the heading of TIME'S cover story (Dec. 31) on the late John Maynard Keynes. Now that Keynes has been embraced by politicians and popularized by journalists, the academicians are eager to assess again the ideas of the 20th century's most influential economist. Lekachman, head of the economics department at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is the first American to analyze at book length Keynes's life and work and the impact of his thinking on contemporary times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Riding the Keynesian Coattails | 9/30/1966 | See Source »

...largest, to train the men for all the services. He also suggested a complete re-examination of the whole concept of aptitude tests, saying that there is "ample evidence" that some of the tests reflect cultural value systems that are foreign to the underprivileged and therefore do not correctly assess their basic intelligence. As for medical rejects, military doctors will try to salvage the less serious of them by getting overweight men to diet away excess poundage. Next year, the doctors will also begin performing surgery on men with defects that can be put right in a short time, such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: Second Chance | 9/2/1966 | See Source »

...future costliness. They do not take too seriously the Administration's belief that North Vietnamese rationality will sooner or later open Hanoi's eyes to the impossibility of victory. They see a long, grubby, slogging war ahead of them, and their professional responsibilities compel them to assess realistically both the enemy's strength and their own needs. Few of them think that the job can be done with much less than double the present American force, and some indeed feel that the American buildup must reach 750,000 -though the Pentagon says that it does not envision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: The Prospect Ahead | 8/19/1966 | See Source »

Back in London, Brian Epstein, the Beatles' manager, discoverer, and cagey promoter par excellence, struggled out of a sickbed and enplaned for Manhattan "to assess the situation." The Beatles, after all, were due to begin a 14-city U.S. tour in Chicago this weekend. Epstein has had to deal with the Beatles' foxy chitchat before. "Show business," they once said, "belongs to the Jews; it's part of the Jewish religion." In New York, Epstein coolly declared that Lennon himself was getting a little religion. "John," he announced at a press conference, "is deeply concerned, and regrets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock 'n' Roll: According to John | 8/12/1966 | See Source »

...TIME'S review of books about Custer [July 22] recalls the description written by Psychiatrist Karl Menninger when he was asked in 1947 to assess Custer's personality for a medical journal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 5, 1966 | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

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