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...Reagan, who has never had to act on issues transcending the borders of California. Yet canvassers report that half of the Republicans and independents whom they reach have not made up their minds. Indecision runs even higher on the Democratic side, where five major candidates and nine others jam the field. Some 60% of voters reached by the canvassers do not know-or will not say-how they will vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRIMARIES: The First Face-Off | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

...candidate who promises to tell no lies, says he is not really a politician and exudes confidence occasionally bordering on arrogance, Jimmy Carter invites close scrutiny. As one of the more successful candidates so far in a jam-packed field for the Democratic presidential nomination-and as an outsider in the view of the Democratic establishment-he is getting it. But he seems to be getting it with such vengeance that the attacks on the former Georgia Governor are themselves becoming an extraordinary phenomenon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Doing a Job on Jimmy | 2/16/1976 | See Source »

Korda dispenses breezy bits of office one-upmanship (jam a visitor's chair into a small space to make him feel powerless, speak softly to an elderly rival -it may make him think he is going deaf). Ringer's book is a heady parable of the worm (himself) who turned predator and earned a spectacular $849,901 in a single year of real estate wheeling and dealing. Despite the differences in style, the message is the same: death will come soon; meanwhile, there is nothing left to believe in but success and power in a cruel world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Power Boys: Push Pays Off | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

...outside Apapa, port for the capital city of Lagos. Last week no fewer than 406 ships of all shapes and sizes were backed up waiting their turn for dock space. At least one vessel has been stuck outside Apapa since last February. Maritime experts call it the worst shipping jam in modern history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NIGERIA: The Cement Block | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...field goal was set up by a Kubacki sprint of 71 yards on a busted play. Kubacki originally intended to run an option to the right, but ran into a traffic jam consisting of his own players and some Dartmouth defenders in his backfield. So, apparently thinking discretion the better part of valor, he turned left, and voila, there lay the whole field, void of Dartmouth players, before...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley, | Title: Crimson Defense Thwarts Green, 24-10 | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

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