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A. I consider him a near great President, on a level with Truman. His vision of American domestic life approaches greatness. Johnson also had profound flaws. Examining his failure in Vietnam will be the task of my second volume.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Rogue, Yes, but With Great Vision: ROBERT DALLEK | 7/29/1991 | See Source »

One thing that deeply troubles reformers about Hoffa is his unwillingness to accept the evidence that his father was Mob-tied, an impediment that raises questions about his ability to see the enemy. "I think Jimmy Jr. is the best man for this union," says Daniel Sullivan, a union official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor Revving Up For a Cleanup? | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

Moreover, the men's tennis and squash teams made claims to national greatness. The netmen cruised by their Eastern competition to secure an automatic NCAA bid, while the racquetmen reclaimed the national title for their eighth championship in the past nine years.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exhilaration, Angst, Glory And Suffering in 1990-91 | 6/6/1991 | See Source »

A few weeks after arriving at Harvard, went to a rally to hear Dershowitz denounce Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork. As he stood at the lectern--jacket collar upturned, unkempt hair blowing in the wind--he spoke with venomous wit in loud, indignant tones. I rushed home afterwards to call...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Oy, Vey! Dershowitz Has a Lot of Chutzpah in Chutzpah | 6/4/1991 | See Source »

THE artful equivocation is an almost impossible concept to explain, but it is easy to demonstrate. Let us take our earlier typical examination question, "Did the philosphical beliefs of Hume represent the spirit of the age in which he lived?" The equivocator would answer it in this way: "Some people...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating the System | 5/13/1991 | See Source »

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