Word: gardners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...essayist. This week he was back at his old haunt for our story on the renaissance of magic. Over the years, Kanfer has worked on enlarging his bag of tricks. He has learned hundreds of card stunts, math games and vanishing acts from his friend, Science Writer Martin Gardner, through whom he met other magicians willing to share their secrets. Among Kanfer's most prominent mentors is James ("The Amazing") Randi, who served as an informal consultant for the current story. "Steve has been a really good student," says Randi. "If he really applied himself...
...democracy, to be led is not a passive exercise; it takes work, and work by many people. As John Gardner put it: "Leadership in the U.S. is not a matter of scores of key individuals. It is a matter of tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of influential men and women [who] create the climate in which public opinion is formed...
...have the habit of falling into ruts, of overcovering the same familiar figures and failing to seek newer talent. The process, says John Gardner, head of the public lobby Common Cause, represents "bad horticulture," for it destroys the seedbeds of fresh leadership...
...late 18th century America. But in the 20th century, says Commager, talent is best rewarded in private enterprise, and the better leaders leave politics to the mediocre. He might also have mentioned that in the late '60s and early '70s, some promising young talents exhausted themselves in protest. Gardner has calculated that in proportion to population, the U.S. should now have some "850 Jeffersons and Madisons." He believes that today, Jefferson would probably be a university president, having started out as a high-energy physicist...
That automatically included politicians and government officials, as well as businessmen, educators, lawyers, scientists, journalists. The definition ruled out many Americans who are truly outstanding in their fields but who really belong in another category. They exemplify what John Gardner describes as "virtuoso leadership"-the diva, the poet or novelist, painter or actor. They may be a fresh inspiration and their audiences may be vast, but they are basically soloists, and we felt that they should be included only if their work had a clear, direct impact on society...