Word: subjectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Among his discoveries: the woman who has appeared most on the covers is the Virgin Mary (10 times). The only First Ladies not to appear were Florence Harding and Bess Truman. Henry Kissinger was on 15 covers; Jesus Christ was right behind him with 14. The youngest cover subject was the baby Jesus; the oldest, Amos Alonzo Stagg...
Nearly all early TIME covers featured a single human subject, but in recent years the magazine's editors, feeling a growing need to highlight issues as well, have picked more "topic" covers. Editorial perceptions of the importance of the presidency have also changed. Herbert Hoover rated only four TIME covers, none of them during his one term as President. But in a 2½-year term, Gerald Ford appeared 19 times. The unchallenged winner of the cover sweepstakes: Richard Nixon, who appeared 53 times in a 23-year-span...
...amazing to me that sociologists, law professors and others typically divorced from the realities of our criminal-law system are sought out as experts on the subject of plea bargaining [Sept. 4]. As a practical matter, bargaining is essential to this system, as a means of streamlining gargantuan case loads, and as a vehicle for ensuring the swift and inexpensive administration of justice, such as it is, in appropriate cases. Any prosecutor who claims to wholly eschew plea bargaining is dismissing a lot of borderline cases, losing a lot of jury trials or seriously misstating himself...
...That the subject should come up in that form at all is rather amazing. Capital gains taxes are levied on profits realized on the sale of stock, real estate, businesses or almost any asset held for twelve months or longer. As late as 1969 the lid on this tax was 25%; one of the supposed triumphs of the loophole closers of the mid-1970s was to raise that maximum to 49% now, and as recently as a year ago the Carter Administration was preparing a proposal to tax capital gams at full ordinary-income rates, which would have meant...
...many fear less dramatic accidents, including "melt down," which could occur if a reactor lost the water used to control the temperature of its core, ruptured and released radioactive gas and other material. Many also worry about radioactive contamination and fear that those living near nuclear plants may be subject to constant and eventually deadly exposure to radiation...