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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Front. Even for an inveterate optimist like the Vice President, that seemed an unduly rosy view. The nation's increasingly conservative mood seems to be working against him. His own strategists figure that Nixon and Alabama's George Wallace will roll up 55% to 60% of the total vote between them. They also estimate that Humphrey will have to win 80% of the nation's Negro and Jewish votes, though recent New York polls give him only 60% of those groups in that pivotal area, with 20% still undecided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: DEMOCRATS: The Lesser Evil? | 9/13/1968 | See Source »

...Total Organizational Flexibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Baffle-Gab Thesauraus | 9/13/1968 | See Source »

Popping Fuses. The ground rules called for the two cars, heading in opposite directions, to follow the same route, which would have a total of 53 stations where their batteries could be recharged. The floor of Caltech's minibus was covered with 20 lead-cobalt batteries, on top of which were pads where off-duty drivers slept. M.I.T.'s team borrowed a set of $20,000 nickel-cadmium batteries. Characteristically, the engineers used linear equations to work out a handicap system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Automobiles: The Great Electric-Car Race | 9/13/1968 | See Source »

...total number of outspoken dissidents is still relatively low. But the list is growing, and with it, inevitably, a crisis of authority in a church whose structure is basically authoritarian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roman Catholics: Disciplining Dissidents | 9/6/1968 | See Source »

Many psychologists argue that pistol play is a realistic way of releasing aggression. Moreover, points out Dr. Sirgay Sanger, child psychiatrist at Manhattan's Payne Whitney Clinic: "Forbiddance only leads to fascination." Thus, total disarmament is probably unattainable. While there is a piece of wood handy and a boy to shout "Bang, bang, you're dead!," toy guns are likely to remain a part of childhood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toys: I Turned Mine In | 9/6/1968 | See Source »

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