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...sharpest insight, one that casts its shadow over all the other American Dreams, comes from a poor white southern school woman, obviously uneducated. "It's amazing, even in the backwoods, there's a classic tucked away in some country school," she says. "It's funny, poetry has a way of molding people. There's a buried beauty--(suddenly) Gray's 'Elegy' changed my life. Who knows who's buried, who could have been what." The poet is English, but the words animate Terkel's theme: "Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid/Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire." The dream...
Reagan returned from Texas at mid-week to prepare for Sunday's encounter with John Anderson. He studied an image-molding memo from Pollster Richard Wirthlin with advice that gave an insight into his whole campaign. Some examples: "The Governor is perceived to be a leader. But it will be important that he comes across as less distant, more sympathetic, more caring, and more understanding . . . Show the Governor is capable of enjoying a laugh . . . Keep answers short, even on complex issues...
...this year's contests. On these two pages, TIME this week begins regular coverage for the duration of the campaign of races for the Senate and House that are significant not only for their effect on the balance of power in the 97th Congress but also for their insight into local and state issues that color the rich mosaic of America...
...problems in his presentation, Broder has fashioned a remarkable assemblage of raw data on a generation, sprinkled with more than an occasional insight. Broder chronicles what he calls the generation's networks, "based on a net of shared experiences, triumphs, tragedies and misadventures, especially vivid to those who were there." He makes a convincing case for the existence of his seven networks (Organizers, New Right,Labor and Business-an odd pair. Public Interest Lawyers and Reformers, Women, Hispanics and Blacks) primarily by profiling their members. These networks work much as older, informal "Old Boys" connections functioned, but are based...
Wonderfully readable prose is rare enough that McPhee's flaws would be only regrettable save for the few flashes of insight he does show, glimmerings of the power and potential that lie below his surface. Seemingly, McPhee's deepest feelings are for the woods, streams and mountains of America-at any rate, The Pine Barrens and Coming Into the Country, an Alaskan saga, are his two finest books. In Giving Good Weight, midway through an account of a canoe trip on which he was accompanied by boatloads of wealthy Harvardians, McPhee shows his understanding of his own mood...