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In this context, it is far more significant that McGovern has gone against the advice of his Chicago operatives both black and white, including Jesse Jackson, and has endorsed the reelection of Cook Country DA Edward Hanrahan or that he is about to similarly disregard the pleas of many of...

Author: By Tony Hill, | Title: A Troubled Alliance Endures | 10/11/1972 | See Source »

As a result of undisciplined American spending, the IMF members now face a perplexing $60 billion question. That is the total of dollars held by foreign central banks as a form of claims against the U.S. This money has been moving back and forth from one bank to another helping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONEY: The $60 Billion Question | 10/2/1972 | See Source »

No Alarm. The Administration's strategy has been to try to pinch off the drug routes before they reach New York, Miami or the Mexican border, the main U.S. entry points. The effort involves long, Le Carré-style work by dozens of globe-ranging narcotics agents, as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NARCOTICS: The Global Connection | 8/28/1972 | See Source »

Thus did Democratic Presidential Candidate George McGovern finally land a vice-presidential running mate, climaxing one of the most bizarre weeks in American political history. It was a week in which the convention-approved nominee, Missouri Senator Thomas Eagleton, was pressured off the ticket and five respected figures in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: George McGovern Finally Finds a Veep | 8/14/1972 | See Source »

The delegates listened to a parade of pleas for platform planks by homosexuals, advocates of abortion, and welfare organizers. Oklahoma Senator Fred Harris, wearing a button reading TAKE THE RICH OFF WELFARE, argued for radical tax reform?a plank the convention rejected. Hour after hour, the session ground on, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONVENTION: Introducing... the McGovern Machine | 7/24/1972 | See Source »

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