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Obviously no mortal can hope to exhibit all of these qualities, though some of Carter's detractors wonder whether he knows that. No matter; in the euphoria of last week, most things must have seemed possible to Jimmy Carter, as he rode the crest of his campaign for the presidency. So certain was he, with good reason, of winning the Democratic nomination at Madison Square Garden in July that he began making a list of whom he might choose as a running mate. He says that his most important considerations are to pick someone who is qualified to step...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: Jimmy Carter's Big Breakthrough | 5/10/1976 | See Source »

...life." That is easy to say but hard to mean, and Hoagland clearly means it. He has traveled and thought hard, usually in solitude, without allowing the veneer of his own sophistication to clog his responses. He is unembarrassed by awe and un abashedly thrilled by the panorama of mortal creations that the world provides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Buried Instincts | 5/3/1976 | See Source »

Albee understood "the territorial imperative" before the term was invented. The marriage of George (Ben Gazzara) and Martha (Colleen Dewhurst) is a strip of defoliated jungle from which neither intends to retreat. They are locked in mortal combat and, in an ironic echo of the marital oath, only death will be able to part them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Till Death Do Us Part | 4/12/1976 | See Source »

...mere mortal players were left to put the finishing touches on the spectacular game, which the Minutemen won in overtime...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Old Legends and Rising Stars Hit Harvard; Boston Minutemen to Play Soccer at Stadium With Crimson Alumnus Shep Messing in Goal | 4/9/1976 | See Source »

...other hand, some might say Carter, whose relentless gopher's grin and Joe Hardy-like rise from obscurity have earned him the recent sobriquet "The Devil's Candidate," was only going to touch base with the dark spirits who have granted him his mortal popularity...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: Carter Departs Massachusetts After Salem Monopoly Stop | 2/28/1976 | See Source »

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