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JIMMY CARTER has failed as president, in the eyes of Congress, America and the world--nothing he can do in the next year can reverse or compensate for the work of the last three. Only Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.) can provide the forceful and compassionate leadership that...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Only Choice | 9/18/1979 | See Source »

In its deliberations, reports TIME Correspondent Erik Amfitheatrof, the commission quickly settled on a short list of candidates. The most controversial was Canada's forceful Anglican Primate Edward Scott, 60, who is also chairman of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. But in the end, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: New Command in Canterbury | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

Carter had considered others for the post, including former Iowa Senator Dick Clark, former Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, Panama Canal Negotiator Sol Linowitz and Ambassador to China Leonard Woodcock. But McHenry had the advantage of being a black as well as having the support of Young. His main disadvantage was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Change of Style at the U.N. | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

(10 of 10) pitting two forceful and persuasive politicians against each other. Neither of them is an ideologue, but they offer a clear difference in philosophy. "For years I've thought we'd run against each other," he says. "I didn't know when or why, but I've just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot on the Campaign Trail | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

Connally hopes his forceful style will help him cut across ideological lines and win support from blacks and workers who have opposed him in the past. At a building trades convention in New Jersey this summer, his rousing speech had union members cheering. Labor leaders passed the word to hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot on the Campaign Trail | 9/10/1979 | See Source »

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