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Conventional wisdom now judges politicians by how fractionally they veer from the center: Barry Goldwater and George McGovern stand condemned for their inability or unwillingness to come in from the extreme; Nelson Rockefeller is studied with fascination as he carefully calibrates his evolution away from seeming too liberal for his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Trouble with Being in the Middle | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

Since he recognized that "not every action nor every feeling admits of a mean," Aristotle would hardly esteem more highly those who get worked up about nothing than those who get worked up about everything. In fact, if he were updating his polemics today, Aristotle might well find himself saying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Trouble with Being in the Middle | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

Nowadays among voters the three most fashionable places to be are probably middle of the road, conservative and "slightly left of center." Old labels have become so blurred that, as Barry Goldwater recently remarked, "when you lay a real liberal alongside a real conservative, there's not enough difference to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Trouble with Being in the Middle | 7/1/1974 | See Source »

Though he is no admirer of Kissinger's policies of detente, Senator Barry Goldwater insisted that the fundamental issue is not the Secretary of State's honesty but the leaking that has gone out of control. "Apparently anything goes nowadays," said Goldwater. "Any Government employee with any kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Week the Cloud Burst | 6/24/1974 | See Source »

The poky Aerocrane probably will never be practical as a people mover, but it could be economically put to other uses. Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, a strong advocate of lighter-than-air vehicles, is encouraging the Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee to study the potential of blimps, dirigibles and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Big Lift | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

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