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Senator Henry ("Scoop") Jackson admits that the Florida primary is crucial to his campaign for the presidency. TIME Senior Correspondent John Steele followed Jackson along the campaign trail to assess the man and listen to his cadences...
...rioting was the black population's response to Britain's 20-man Pearce Commission, which had arrived in Rhodesia a few days earlier. The task of the commission, which was headed by Lord Pearce, a retired appellate judge, was to assess whether the Rhodesian people, both black and white, would accept or reject the settlement that had been proposed by Smith and British Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home (TIME, Dec. 6). In theory at least, the settlement would lead to a very gradual increase in black political power...
What is it about journalists that they must always assess, always evaluate? It seems as though rock critics have the 'evaluation bug' worse than anyone, hence this section and this article. So, what was 1971 like...
...right on amnesty," says Charles Porter, a former Congressman from Oregon and head of the National Committee for Amnesty Now. Many older people, especially those who have had sons in Viet Nam, would undoubtedly be just as vehemently against it. The political advantages on either side are difficult to assess, but on balance, it seems that this year a position that favors complete amnesty, without some kind of compensatory work, would be a political minus that could cost any candidate votes from the center...
WHERE ARE WE NOW? HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY AS WE ENTER THE NEW YEAR...