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...December, he received permission to make a one-day visit to Stockholm for ceremonies honoring Nobel Prize-winning Polish author Czeslaw Milosz...
...greater hope to potential candidates already holding elective office because less campaigning time presumably would be needed. Unless otherwise amended, though, a system of regional primaries would not increase the influence of party officials--which most analysts see as crucial. Still, the proposal is far more popular than the one-day national primary concept, which professors widely criticize for ignoring local differences, eliminating the "testing" function of a more drawn-out campaign, and giving even more influence to the media...
...Like many of his colleagues, Verba calls the suggestion of "regional primaries" a promising possibility. Under most models for such a system, primaries would be held in four or five regions, with a limited placed on the time and money any candidate could spend on each clash. A one-day national primary, however, draws no support from political experts here. "That's not a good idea," Maas says. "It would further reduce the influence of individual states...
...mart has succeeded primarily by careful planning and by accumulating remarkably little debt. The company leases all its buildings to avoid construction loans and mortgages. The chain will soon complete its network of eleven regional warehouses, located within a one-day drive of most stores, allowing K mart stores to keep inventories at a minimum, reducing a major source of debt. The distribution network also allows local managers to order merchandise independently. As a result, K mart's Sunbelt stores never get stuck with too many Snowbelt specialties, like ice hockey sticks...
...manpower symposium is one of four such intellectual forays TIME has sponsored so far this year. In January, prepping for the campaign year, the Nation section traveled to Washington, D.C., to meet with members of Congress, political advisers, party professionals and pollsters.In March editorial staff members convened with experts on Soviet-American relations to assess the present parlous state of affairs between the superpowers. Last month TIME Reporter-Researcher Barbara Dolan organized a one-day colloquy on the plight of American families. Twelve outsiders, knowledgeable on 'such problems as child abuse, domestic relations and aging, joined 22 people from...