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...cosponsored by eleven other Democratic Senators, including Presidential Hopefuls George McGovern and Hubert Humphrey. On his own, as part of a massive plan to distribute more of the nation's wealth to those with incomes of less than $12,000 annually, McGovern has proposed reforms that would sock it even harder to high earners. Humphrey has optimistically promised to come up with his special reform plan within 90 days after winning the presidency. There is a common thrust to the Democrats' main points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TAXES: The Sock-lt-to-Them Drive | 6/12/1972 | See Source »

Richard Nixon and the press have had each other to kick around for so long that the combat is sometimes treated as if it were a comfortable old joke, like the Laugh-In sock-it-to-me bit. But the issues involved deserve serious consideration. How much do the personal tastes and politics of newsmen color their treatment of a controversial public man? Where lies the boundary between analysis and advocacy? Is the press recklessly tearing down public confidence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Nixon v. the Vultures | 4/17/1972 | See Source »

...banging at high speed, and a drum best that just won't quit "Rockin" With the King" could be as archetypal early rock song. It's easy to imagine Little Richard swinging his processed hair in the air, and wiggling his gaudily glad body as he screams out "Oh sock...

Author: By Henry W. Mcgee iii, | Title: Gimme That Ol' Time Music | 4/15/1972 | See Source »

...play went on. Bok signalled for a time out, but the referee did not notice the injury, and Bok pulled himself to the sideline where he took off his left shoe and sock. Play was finally halted and Bok hopped to the side of the court...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake and Robert Decherd, S | Title: Torn Tendon Sidelines President Bok | 3/4/1972 | See Source »

...visit the mosque containing Nasser's burial place. "After all," he said, "we're on our way to Mosque-Cow, aren't we?" At the tomb, when a member of his party removed his shoes according to Islamic custom and revealed a hole in his sock, Muskie shrugged: "We're in a holy place, aren't we?" When he learned that the Russians were being difficult and might not issue visas to his press entourage, he had one ready for that too: "Well, Soviet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Punning: The Candidate at Word and Ploy | 2/28/1972 | See Source »

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