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Then along came Elvis. His synthesis of black, country and gospel music helped him create a simple, raw performing style. Onstage, he twisted and gyrated, much to the dismay of '50s parents. The more the older folks protested, the more popular the handsome Southerner became. His name was soon a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering Presleymania | 6/8/1998 | See Source »

The plans, well-received and critiqued by the panel of experts, represented a synthesis of the tutorial's focus on ecological objectives and spatial principles in regional planning. For many students, it was the first time in which they were able to apply scientific knowledge learned in ESPP to a...

Author: By Noelle Eckley, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Studying & Sunning in South Florida | 4/21/1998 | See Source »

After the communist victory over Chiang Kai-shek in 1949, and the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Mao's position was immeasurably strengthened. Despite all that the Chinese people had endured, it seems not to have been too hard for Mao to persuade them of the visionary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mao Zedong | 4/13/1998 | See Source »

After putting down The Discipline of Hope, master educator Herbert Kohl's memoir of his thirty-year plight to reorganize education in the United States from the ground up, one can't help but wonder how to categorize the work. Is it a disheartening account of the state of public...

Author: By Joshua D. Barnes, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Educator's Memoir Illuminates the Teaching Life | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

Through narrative and personality, analysis and synthesis, we try to make a complex world more coherent. The ultimate goal is to help make sure that the chaotic tumble of progress does not outpace our moral processing power.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 75 Years: Luce's Values--Then And Now | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

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