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BOSTON--Gov. Michael S. Dukakis yesterday named Paul Jensen of Washington, a veteran of national politics, to serve as the national political director in his Democratic presidential campaign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Names New Political Director | 10/21/1987 | See Source »

...Jensen, 42, a senior associate at Public Strategies, a Washington-based consulting firm, replaces Paul Tully, who resigned three weeks ago after admitting that he lied to the press about his involvement in distributing a videotape that undermined the presidential campaign of Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Names New Political Director | 10/21/1987 | See Source »

...then to explain the accomplishment of children whose refugee parents were less well educated? One claim is that Asians are simply smarter than other groups. A subscriber to this theory is Arthur Jensen, a controversial Berkeley educational psychologist. Jensen tested Asian children - 500 in San Francisco and 8,000 in Hong Kong - then compared the results with tests of 1,000 white American children in Bakersfield, Calif. He contends that the children with Asian backgrounds averaged ten I.Q. points higher than the whites, and believes there are "genetic differences" in the rate at which Asians and whites mature mentally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The New Whiz Kids | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

...were needed for the linkup from Long Beach, Calif., to New York Harbor. But by last weekend only half that number had indicated an interest in lining up. Though each person was asked to contribute $10, by hand-holding time, line crashers were welcomed. Said California Line Chief Anne Jensen: "We're counting on everybody to bring a friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lending a Helping Hand | 6/2/1986 | See Source »

...stood up for organized crime." Anti-ERA Campaigner Phyllis Schlafly inveighed, "It allows pornographers to clothe themselves in the First Amendment while they're undressing women." But most legal observers, including those in the Administration, were unsurprised. In light of the free-speech issues, Deputy Attorney General D. Lowell Jensen said, "the result was pretty well foretold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Give-and-Take on Pornography | 3/10/1986 | See Source »

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