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...well-educated, the suburbanites largely went for Ford; the socially and economically disadvantaged for Carter. Thus Carter is in a position similar to that of John Kennedy in 1960 and of Richard Nixon in 1968-a winner by a whisker who must still create a national following and prove himself to a truly broad constituency...
...Berlinguer to find a tolerable compromise. He stressed that the P.C.I, had to prove that it could act responsibly. He added, however, that his tacit support of the government would continue only as long as the stangata 's sacrifices were accompanied by basic economic reforms that would significantly alter Italian society. Said he: "There cannot be an austerity policy to return to things as they were." To no one's surprise, the central committee formally endorsed the Berlinguer line and, in accordance with the Leninist dictum of "democratic centralism," formally closed ranks. It also ordered up the current...
...alarmed by the Newsweek cover story, "Why Johnny Can't Write," that caused such a furor in educational circles last winter. He disagreed with Newsweek's thesis that students' writing troubles are worse now than ever before, and pointed to a series of articles from previous eras to prove his point: a 1961 article in Look also titled "Why Johnny Can't Write," a report entitled "General Education for a Free Society," which in 1945 expressed precisely the same sentiments as the Newsweek story; and a 1912 issue of the English Journal which also described poor Johnny in equally hopeless...
...might seems that Columbia's chances for a similar shocker today would be hampered by the loss of starting quarterback Kevin Burns, who is sidelined with a hyperextended elbow, but sophomore back-up Cal Moffie from Newton should prove a decided plus from Harvard's standpoint. Cal's father, Harold Moffie, starred at halfback for the Crimson from 1947-50 and so young Moffie has a vested interest in bamboozling the Bruins...
...their communities, their institutions or the nation. When the special section appeared, Richard Nixon was still in the White House, Jimmy Carter was still in the statehouse in Atlanta and the corporate bribery scandals had not yet crested. The editors believed that, two years having passed, some updating might prove fascinating. With this in mind, TIME invited the men and women on its 1974 list to the nation's capital in late September for its leadership conference (for a list of participants, see the bottom of each page of this Special Report...