Word: racing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kennedy's strategy at the moment is "brilliant." While building support with broad hints that he is available to run, the Senator has so far refrained from openly challenging the President and thus risking a bloody party brawl. He would prefer to see Carter pushed out of the race by pressure from the party and the dismal evidence of the polls. Late last week the President was hit with the most staggering poll news to date: an Associated Press-NBC News survey indicated that only 19% of the Americans polled thought Carter was doing an excellent or good...
...Kennedy momentum has been soaring for the past fortnight as the Senator has sent out a series of unmistakable signals. First he dropped the remark that his mother Rose and his wife Joan had given him the go-ahead to make the race, not a startling revelation since the Senator is the head of his clan. But family considerations have been a major hindrance to his running for President. Next came a lunch with Carter and Rosalynn at the White House. "I am seriously considering entering the race," Kennedy told the President. Replied Carter: "I am definitely planning...
Which is the smartest race on earth? Many nominate the Jews, whose intellectual achievements are out of proportion to their small numbers. C.P. Snow thinks the Japanese may be even brighter. Such musings are best muttered at late night bull sessions. In public, ranking races by intelligence is apt to smack of simple racism...
...study promises another battle over race...
...race and sex of the examiners who conduct tests seem to have little or no bearing on the lower scores of blacks, and Jensen insists that his analysis shows no sign that the tests are missing anything important. The graph curve that shows the number of blacks who have achieved each score in the IQ range is the same shape as the curve showing white achievement-except that it is displaced lower on the scale. And the ranking of test items in order of difficulty for blacks, he says, is exactly the same as the ranking for whites. "This means...