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JESSE JACKSON'S presidential crusade marches on in tatters, slowly dying because of the hypocrisy of its leader, but continuing because minority and low-income voters see his success as being in their best interests.

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Jesse's Tattered Message | 4/21/1984 | See Source »

It was hardly surprising that the bargain Nancy White Horse struck with me would benefit the whole tribe--"I you can get some houses built for my people--rather than herself alone. In Indian country people tend to move forward in concert. Their individual struggles become a war of all...

Author: By Richard J. Margolis, | Title: Indian Resiliency | 3/17/1984 | See Source »

The five musicians have helped him cut away a lot. Browne's music pulse: with a feeling of renewal and new possibilities. That desperate heart he sings about is his own lookout, however. It wil likely remain intact, but in tatters, as long as he is writing some of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Jackson's Day in Court | 9/12/1983 | See Source »

The drafters of the Bill of Rights never imagined the current complexity. Their experience with search-and-seizure problems involved writs of assistance, general warrants that allowed the King's agents to conduct wide-ranging searches of the homes of his colonial subjects. To protect citizens from such intrusions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: When the Police Blunder a Little | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

One wintry day in 1908, Rubinstein was alone, broke and hungry in a Berlin hotel room, his career stalled, unable to pay the rent, a love affair in tatters. He took the belt from an old robe, fastened it to a hook on the wall and put a loop around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: A Song to Remember | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

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