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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...while the effort to revitalize the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) is a commendable one, Carter's hyperbolic labeling of it as "one of the most important actions to improve civil rights in the last decade" gives reason for pause. Though he later modified this statement, it indicates a narrow view of the potential of creative civil rights legislation. Perceiving a bureaucratic adjustment of this kind as "major" leaves little room for the truly important civil rights reforms still left undone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carter and Civil Rights | 3/10/1978 | See Source »

...increasing the importance of ministerial studies, Stendahl hopes to narrow the gap that exists today between the school and established churches. These churches are important, Stendahl says, adding, "people aren't aware of to what extent the churches are the mainstream of spiritual religion." In his report, Stendahl says, "A systematic study of, for example, the Religion section in Time would give a picture of a series of frantic experiments within and on the fringes of the religious communities. But the sum total of such experiments hardly add up to a dependable picture of ministry...

Author: By Alfred E. Jean, | Title: Communities of Faith: The Div School Looks Inward | 3/10/1978 | See Source »

...billed by Republican Senators as a roast of Jimmy Carter and his Attorney General Griffin Bell. But when the Senate Judiciary Committee began to consider Benjamin R. Civiletti's nomination as Deputy Attorney General last week, the mood was surprisingly low-key. Only a narrow attack was mounted on the ouster of Philadelphia's U.S. Attorney, David Marston, the issue expected to dominate the hearings this week. Said Wyoming Republican Senator Malcolm Wallop: "There was no reason why Marston should not have been fired as a Republican; the only question is the timing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Opening the Floodgate | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

...matter what the outcome, the next National Assembly seemed condemned to reflect the nation's divided political attitudes. Even if the present center-right government managed to survive, it would probably do so by such a narrow margin that any future government's effectiveness and longevity would be limited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Fateful Election | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

...pinned with a flower, sits as Makeup Man Way Bandy, an old friend, dips his fingers into tiny pots of color and touches up her face. What he achieves is a stronger version of Cheryl: the wide eyes more enormous, cheekbones more prominent, the nose a more perfect narrow line. "The only thing you have to be careful with is her lips," says Bandy. "They're thin, and she doesn't like a definite line or a lot of color...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The All-American Model | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

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