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...some radicals have suggested, an Administration Superman, the only Fellow shrewd enough to put up a good front in debates? Is he, as two bemused Faculty members said last week, jockeying for a bigger position in the Harvard administrative world? Or is he, as all his statements certainly imply, a true liberal who is sincerely doing his best to reason with the students...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Who Is This Man Hugh Calkins? | 5/1/1969 | See Source »

...foresees many technical barriers to more intricate models. The Army has announced that an offshoot is already being constructed-a Jeep-size vehicle with interchangeable mechanical legs and wheels. Approaching completion is a CAM "exoskeleton" of mechanical muscles, which, when worn by an operator, will convert mere man into superman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Debut of a Metal Giant | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

...aging cripple selling Superman balloons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Singers: Into the Pain of the Heart | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

...always, we hear the analyzers explaining the meaning of what we see. We hear Father Daniel Berrigan say that we are witnessing the last days of Superman. Superman, who cannot live or give life, who cannot even imagine life...

Author: By Jim Frosch, | Title: In the Year of the Pig | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

...Britons, surprisingly, compare the victorious Nixon favorably with Jack Kennedy. "Many of the country's troubles arose from the unfulfilled expectations aroused by John F. Kennedy's magic words. The U.S. avoided this mistake in 1968. No American saw Richard Nixon as a political superman. He had no magic. He would not set America's sights too high, and in that he might well achieve more for his country than all the visionaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newsbooks: The Rush to Report the Race | 2/7/1969 | See Source »

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