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within me, When even the keenest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Lenten Letters | 4/3/1972 | See Source »

...past decade and is dedicated specifically to the study of extraterrestrial life. Paleontologist George Gaylord Simpson has sardonically called exobiology a science "that has yet to demonstrate that its subject matter exists." But in laboratories, at giant radio observatories and at esoteric symposiums, some of the world's keenest intellects have begun to focus on the new discipline...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Is There Life on Mars | 12/13/1971 | See Source »

...rumblings of growing political power were loud enough to attract the Democrat with the keenest sense of grass-root organization, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley. Although Jackson, as director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Operation Breadbasket, has been one of Daley's most outspoken critics, the mayor was on hand to help open Black Expo. Awkwardly clasping Jackson's hand in a "soul handshake," Daley forced a smile for the television cameras, then toured the exhibits. His presence testified to the political and economic clout that Black Expo had been set up to evoke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Black Expo in Chicago | 10/11/1971 | See Source »

...fundamental question bothers many Americans. Just who is this man Ellsberg, a distinctly minor figure who dares to challenge four Presidents, assails the decisions of some of the keenest minds ever to have been attracted to national security service, and scatters classified documents like chain letters across the country? If he were merely an emotional and impulsive man obsessed by guilt about his personal involvement in a war that turned sour, Daniel Ellsberg's conduct could be dismissed as outrageous. Yet Ellsberg does not stand alone. He was one of?and represents?an exceptional class of bright scholars who charged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Ellsberg: The Battle Over the Right to Know | 7/5/1971 | See Source »

...minimum principles which the conservatives must acknowledge before there can be any hope that our heritage of liberty can be conserved by the conservatives. The first is that a livelihood must be guaranteed to every man. Less than a year ago I was talking with one of the keenest and finest bankers I know. He was scandalized by this proposal. In my own mind there is no doubt whatever that if [the banker] could, with a fresh mind, set out to discover what modern America is, he would come inescapably to the conclusion that America can and therefore must guarantee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: A Passion for Ideas and Order | 3/9/1970 | See Source »

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