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Goodwin was young then--young, even for the Kennedy people. In 1958, after graduating first in his class from the Harvard Law School, he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Felix M. Frankfurter. After working for a year on the House Commerce Commission's 1959 television quiz-show scandals, he joined the Kennedy Senate staff. By 1960 he and Theodore Sorenson were Kennedy's two chief speechwriters--indispensable to the campaign and to the formation of Kennedy's foreign and domestic policies. He was, in the words of Kennedy biographer Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., "the archetypal New Frontiersman," a quick-witted...

Author: By Stephen R. Latham, | Title: Of Richard Goodwin, Galileo and Social Theory | 4/24/1981 | See Source »

Near the back of the magazine, a 40-question quiz tells Eagle readers how well they will survive if thrown into the wilderness. Most of the questions are fairly easy to analyze ("Mostly see the negative side of things?... Make the best of bad situations?... Think more can be done through teamwork than alone?"). Much more interesting is the tantalizingly short profile of the author, Evan Peelle, Ph.D. "Dr. Peelle directs research and development for a private consulting firm, instructs at Cobray International, and consults with these organizations..." What kind of consultant, you ask? Will, she helps these organizations "plan...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Love, Death and Taxes | 3/30/1981 | See Source »

Before extracting such pledges, the department will quiz University lawyers on several "ambiguous" briefs it submitted on its hiring record, the source said...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Not Good Enough | 3/7/1981 | See Source »

What was not said may finally be more important than anything uttered on the Cleveland stage by the two quiz show contestants. Few people quarrel with the ultimate goals of Reagan and Carter. But how do we get there? Our Government no longer works, and for four years Carter has proved it; yet he offered not one shred of evidence how he would improve his record, given a second lease on the White House. Nor did Reagan provide the slightest hint of how he might design an Administration that would get off the ground...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY by HUGH SIDEY: Wham, Zonk and Gurgle | 11/10/1980 | See Source »

...trig quiz...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: La Vie Quotidienne | 10/15/1980 | See Source »

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