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Kramer's inquisitiveness will serve TIME's readers well, and not only on politics. He will range around the magazine, writing about national and international affairs, and contributing to sections like Profile, Interview and Essay. Kramer says he might even be persuaded to write about the Chicago Bears. Or George Bush, with whom he is getting along much better these days. About the only thing that does not interest Kramer is the Law section. Says he: "Law school cured me." The loss to jurisprudence, not to mention to the Bears, is our gain...
...urban schools the outcroppings of neglect and despair abound. When Chicago's Kathy Daniels asked her students to write an essay about something that made them angry, one boy described the time his brother was gunned down and died on the front steps of his house. Soon afterward, the boy himself was fatally shot. In poor rural areas, the deprivation can be even more elemental. "I've got kids that have never held a pencil before," says a Mississippi kindergarten teacher. "And last year I had one that had never held silverware." Trying to convey the majesty of Shakespeare...
...ESSAY: Who says the voters are always right...
...election that could shape the waning years of this century. -- An interview with Dukakis: "Am I a liberal in the tradition of Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy? Yes, I am." -- A TIME poll points to the Democrats' lost opportunities. -- Diplomacy now that the cold war is over -- a campaign Essay...
...commanding lead, the Duke needs a big break -- plus more of the populist passion he showed last week. -- Jesse Jackson is back on the stump for the Democrats -- and for himself. -- Nancy Reagan returns some designer dresses. -- Should the U. S. double the cigarette tax? A campaign Essay on health care...