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...hundred days in jail. He soon moved to Rome to work in the party's headquarters there and became a protégé of Togliatti. By the age of 23, Berlinguer had won a seat on the party's central committee and been tabbed as a comer; after that, he gradually worked his way to the top until he succeeded Togliatti's successor, the aging and ill Luigi Longo, in 1972. Unlike Togliatti, who lived openly with a mistress, Berlinguer fits the classic Italian middle-class image of a good family man with three children whom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: DON ENRICO BIDS FOR POWER | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

...Sally's potential is unlimited," first-year Cliffe coach Corey Wynn '40 commented after Roberts recently demolished a Smith College opponent, 6-0, 6-0. "She strikes me as being a natural player, a real comer. Her pace, power, and timing are amazing for a woman who isn't really that big," Wynn added...

Author: By Jonathan J. Ledecky, | Title: Sally Roberts Shows Top Court Form | 4/24/1976 | See Source »

Marked as a comer during Watergate hearings but has done little since ... A good compromise bet to woo the South and appease the liberals, and popular through the Middle West besides ... Sturdy, vigorous, everybody's second choice ... Biggest drawback: his nomination could cost the G.O.P. a precious Senate seat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: A Brand New Race for 2nd Place | 11/17/1975 | See Source »

Racism, too, should be confronted early on. Stating bluntly that "racism is everywhere," Poussaint and Comer urge parents not to spend all their energy fighting it, but not to accept it either. "If a child is always asked by other children to play the horse but never the rider, the cook but never the mother being served, the porter but never the traveler, you may want to withdraw your child from the play," they suggest. They also argue that parents have every right to tell their children to refuse rituals like pledging allegiance to the flag if the parents consider...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Black Dr. Spocks | 7/28/1975 | See Source »

...assertive stance for black children. In the past, aggressive black males were likely to be in danger of being beaten or arrested; as a result, some parents tried to crush normal aggressive behavior in their children when they were very young. Today, there is another worry. Explain Poussaint and Comer: "We blacks have a concern about the threat of training or 'brainwashing' black children to be passive or nonaggressive. We fear this has or can lead to acceptance of and adjustment to an unjust society." Blacks must always stand up for their rights, they believe, especially before authority...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Black Dr. Spocks | 7/28/1975 | See Source »

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