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Journalists are fond of the saying that they write the first draft of history. But on some 20 occasions in the past four decades, TIME's editors have determined that a historically significant individual merited a journalistic "second draft" to assess his contributions and character in light of of, contemporary events, opinions and scholarship. In this week's cover story, 20 years after John F. Kennedy's death in Dallas, Senior Writer Lance Morrow tries to distinguish between the 35th President's accomplishments and the en during myths. Observes Morrow: "The past inhabits us and defines...
Robert K. Murray of Pennsylvania State University has surveyed 1,000 Ph.D. historians as part of a study on how such authorities assess American Presidents. The 1,000 rated Kennedy 13th, in the middle of the "above average" category. Those considered great: Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson. Near great: Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Jackson, Harry Truman. Above average: John Adams, Lyndon Johnson, James K. Polk, John Kennedy, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Grover Cleveland...
...they have murdered. Bruhl, one killer, is not only tormented by his failure of the last few years; he is also experiencing a sort of mid-life self-awareness. Upon receiving the young Clifford Anderson's play in the mail. Bruhl laments his writer's block and starts to assess his chances of bringing his art to life by being able to do Anderson...
That deadlock has been developing almost since the beginning of the Reagan Administration. The Civil Rights Commission, established in 1957, has no enforcement powers; its members and staff can only investigate racial and sex discrimination renewal and assess the progress of federal efforts to end it. But even that watchdog role has had enough bite to nettle Reagan: for the past two years, the commission has issued a series of reports assailing his Administration for allegedly failing to enforce antibias laws vigorously. The castigation continued even after Reagan dismissed the chairman and vice chairman in November 1981 and won Senate...
...West to see to it that Moscow gets full blame for jeopardizing the arms-control process. They point out that the negotiators routinely take a Christmas-New Year's recess, and expect the Soviets to extend the break for several months. That will give the Soviets time to assess West European reaction and begin their counterdeployments before returning to the bargaining table. If the Soviets fail to resume the talks, their intransigence could backfire by uniting Western opinion behind NATO...