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He was a committed revolutionary, yet he always seemed about to be consumed by his own gentleness. In the world he believed in he might have been a forest ranger or a doting and bemused primary school teacher. Perhaps because he was by natural inclination so unlike a political leader...

Author: By Lynn M. Derling, | Title: Men Are What They Do | 10/6/1971 | See Source »

There is a rhetorical summation in the film, similar to that in High School (actually, the entire film follows from the previous work). Awarded the "American Spirit of Honor" award, a private named Marshall traces the concept from Valley Forge to Gettysburg to San Juan Hill to France to World...

Author: By Michael Sragow, | Title: On WGBH Tonight: Slogging Through to 'Nam | 10/4/1971 | See Source »

Hubristic Album. Architect Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill produced the requisite design. From the outside, the L.B.J. Library has an undeniable force, rhetorical though it is: massive blind side walls and a lowering, heavily shadowed facade that sucks the tourists through its deep slot of an entrance. It looks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The New Monuments | 9/13/1971 | See Source »

Much of labor's bombast had been for rhetorical effect, as well as to set up a bargaining position. Under Meany's wily guidance, the war of words yielded to a major change in strategy. Although many union leaders, including Meany, originally threatened to fight the 90-day freeze, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Nixon's Freeze and the Mood of labor | 9/6/1971 | See Source »

While the President was trumpeting his rhetorical ruffles and flourishes, his dramatic new plan left many Americans confused about just how it will affect them. The confusion began with the Government itself. At first the word was that state and local government employees who had pay raises in the works...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: Nixon's Grand Design for Recovery | 8/30/1971 | See Source »

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