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...Parliament, a doll-like little man cupping his chin in his left hand. He listened impassively to the attacks of the opposition, one of whom defined Shastri's policy as "inefficiency at home and infirmity abroad." Even in his own Congress Party in Delhi there was a certain disarray, and Shastri spent much of last week patching up minor dissensions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: The Sleepy Country | 9/18/1964 | See Source »

Waterloo. Dick Nixon's miserably managed campaign and subsequent defeat added the imperative to Barry's call. The national G.O.P. organization was left in total disarray, and no one seemed interested in repairing it. No one, that is, except Goldwater's conservative enthusiasts. They went to work with a will, gradually taking over county and town committees, grooming their own local candidates, and tirelessly plugging Barry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Peddler's Grandson | 7/24/1964 | See Source »

...Republican race remained in disarray. The harder the candidates ran, the weaker they looked. The less the noncandidates ran, the better they looked. Part of the problem was the defeatism that seems to pervade the party about the possibility of beating President Johnson in November. Part, as Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller have discovered, was the mere matter of overexposure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: Amid the Disarray, a Phenomenon | 4/24/1964 | See Source »

...American Edu cation since 1870." But his real job lies in raising money, unifying the patchwork school and refocusing its mission. Sizer hopes to put even more stress on practice teaching, but in urban schools rather than the almost exclusively suburban schools that now feed off Harvard. Given the disarray of big-city schools-Boston's are a compelling example-it is high time for Harvard to help out. Happily, Sizer seems to be right on target...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Universities: Harvard's 31-Year-Old Dean | 3/20/1964 | See Source »

...most difficult problem of all, since Washington's never very clearly defined policy of internationalism is clearly in disarray. Washington has repeatedly begged Europe to accept more responsibility in world affairs, but now that De Gaulle is doing precisely that, the formulation has become

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Pebbles in the Pond | 2/7/1964 | See Source »

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