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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...could strive for excellence. As Governor Michael S. Dukakis said at last month's dedication of the Kennedy School of Government, Kennedy was not an inspiration, "he was the inspiration" for his contemporaries. There was the promise that he could recognize his mistakes and, more, that he could learn from them...

Author: By Gerard Rice, | Title: 15 Years After Dallas | 11/22/1978 | See Source »

...these difficulties, partly be redistributing resources to provede a better service to all. His scheme is based largely on the existing Canadian system rather than the European models. Yet much of the underlying philosophy is similar. In practice the U.S. would have 30 years of European experience to learn from. On the basis of this they could probably make a national health insurance scheme work better and avoid some of the problems encountered by the NHS. It needs only sufficient political will for these measures to be introduced. Kennedy is confident that this is bound to come...

Author: By Suzanne Franks, | Title: The British Plan for Health | 11/22/1978 | See Source »

...connected only Rifkin to the bank robbery. Agents believe that they have exonerated Jeweler Lon Stein, who claims that he had nothing to do with the diamond deal in Geneva. As for the mysterious Mr. Nelson, agents are trying to learn his real identity by tracing his messages through Western Union...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Ultimate Heist | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

Author Israel, a Manhattan publishing executive who lived for four years in Paris, writes intimately and amusingly about France, its people and institutions. Where else would you learn that the national anti-narc bureau is called the Central Office for the Repression of the Illicit Traffic of Stupefiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Skuldruggery and High Technology | 11/20/1978 | See Source »

...then she adds, "This summer I played with a men's team where most of the men were much better than I was." And that training, she says, was the most helpful, because, "I had to learn to pass...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: St. Louis: Modesty Tempers Success | 11/15/1978 | See Source »

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