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...which reward these school districts which demonstrate by objectively measurable criteria that they are doing an outstanding job in helping the children of the poor. Such criteria migiht include the improvement in the percentage of poor children who complete high school; their improvement in achievement tests; and their vigor and success in achieving meaningful integration for racial balance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eckstein Predicts A Large Negro Job Gap in '80's, Recommends Massive New Investment in Education | 10/3/1966 | See Source »

Simmering Summer. Bitter postmortems pinned the blame variously on the Senate's Democrats, one-third of whom voted against cloture; on the Republicans, two-thirds of whom did the same; on President Johnson, who did not twist arms with his usual vigor to line up support; on civil rights leaders, who fell to quarreling among themselves, failed to lobby effectively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civil Rights: Ahead of Its Time | 9/30/1966 | See Source »

...that Martin had used to win his first election. Hennahaired Mrs. Margaret Heckler, 35, a pert, petite (5 ft. 21 in.) lawyer-housewife from Boston's upper-class suburb of Wellesley, tossed Martin's own 1924 quotes back at him with the comment: "If the country needed vigorous service in those years, certainly today it demands even greater vigor." Peggy Heckler's only previous political post has been her position since 1963 as the only woman-and the only Republican-on the eight-member state executive council, an elected body that has almost no powers beyond offering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: No Time for Sentiment | 9/23/1966 | See Source »

...November, Mrs. Heckler must run against Democrat Patrick Henry Harrington, 46, a tough labor lawyer with three terms on the Bristol County board of commissioners behind him. Because of redistricting, the Tenth District now has more registered Democrats than Republicans, and Peggy Heckler will need every ounce of her vigor to hold the constituency for the Republican Party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: No Time for Sentiment | 9/23/1966 | See Source »

...likely to go on as long as the sculpture stands. So is the equally nagging question, why Chicago? Says Hartmann: "It is a city not unlike Picasso. It is a volatile place. Besides, he began to love it, to think of it as a city of great beauty, vigor and vision." The only one, in fact, with the vigor and vision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sculpture: Windy City Windfall | 9/23/1966 | See Source »

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