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He could talk about nothing else during the next week. What impressed Alperovitz most was that his friend, a decidedly non-political person, was willing to devote so much of his time to opposing the war. With this in mind, he worked out a concept he called "Teach Out."

Author: By William M. Kutik, | Title: Vietnam Summer Evolves From Phone Call To Nation-Wide Organizing Project | 5/4/1967 | See Source »

"The Constructive Way." On top of criticism from the lenders when Wheeling failed to meet its repayment schedule last year, Simon came under pressure from his Hunt associates to devote his energies to more promising parts of his realm. To nurse Wheeling back to health, Simon agreed to let Pittsburgh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Management: A Bath in Steel | 4/28/1967 | See Source »

IF THERE are dangers to the kind of reporting Reston is advocating, he must be credited with having seen that news analysis should not be made to compete with hard news for space. Most newspapers, as Reston points out, devote more space to the comic strip and the fashion page...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: SCRATCHING THE SURFACE | 4/21/1967 | See Source »

The reason, however, that most papers devote so little space to foreign affairs is that murders, sports, and local scandals sell more papers--and the editors are responsible to their advertisers. Although Reston recognizes this problem, he never really deals with it. The fact is that newspapers, like any other...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner, | Title: SCRATCHING THE SURFACE | 4/21/1967 | See Source »

A more serious complaint is that Mormonism is too much concerned with the perfection of its own organization, too little with the problems of the world. J. D. Williams, a professor of political science at the University of Utah and a former member of a stake (diocese) high council, argues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mormons: Prosperity & Protest | 4/14/1967 | See Source »

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