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When it was decided three weeks ago that the political phenomenon of Robert Kennedy was becoming important enough to be dealt with at cover length, Writer Ronald Kriss drafted a musing, searching, 1,000-word query to the Washington Bureau, which tells much about how TIME functions. He tentatively outlined the elements of the cover story as he and the editors saw them, asked the Washington bureau (and several others) to come ahead with their own appraisals and those of their sources. Kriss suggested five major areas to be explored: the Kennedy mystique, Kennedy as campaigner, Kennedy the strategist...
...sections," wrote Kriss, "the first may prove toughest to nail down. What is it beyond the Kennedy cult that nourishes his popularity? He seems to have made a goodly number of blunders; yet none of them have hurt his standing in the polls. Is his popularity increasing in spite of himself-or because of himself...
...Kriss's query to Washington was but one of about 450 that went by Teletype or telephone to bureaus and reporters throughout the world last week. They ranged from Nation and Business inquiries about the economic situation to an Education request for a full report on a revolutionary computer teaching aid being developed in East Palo Alto...
...hours the Saigon team cabled more than 40,000 words, which provided the substance of the WORLD cover and the piece on pacification. Four other stories in the NATION section deal with Honolulu and related issues. Ron Kriss, who wrote the Man of the Year story, also wrote the Rusk article and this week's principal Viet Nam stories in NATION. Jason McManus, who did the cover on the peace offensive, also wrote this week's Ky cover, again aided by Researcher Joanne Funger. It will not be their-or TIME'S-last cover on Viet...
...than anything else an assessment of the events and policies that have revolved around the Viet Nam War in the past twelve months. This summation and judgment was the responsibility of writer and editor, who have watched the Viet Nam story with intense attention week after week. Writer Ronald Kriss has written many of our stories on Viet Nam action and policy during the year, including last winter's cover story on General Westmoreland (Feb. 19). Senior Editor Michael Demarest has been editing THE NATION section since the buildup in Viet Nam began...