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...bandwagon, disagreed; he had never ''reached" for the presidency. "My friends put me in the race," said Lyndon. "They felt that they should have representation, and my name should go before the convention." But all in all, Lyndon insisted, life is quite all right. "From a personal standpoint, I am very happy. I have everything a man could want. I have fine relationships with the people with whom I work. I have a lovely family. I enjoy my work. I left my desk after 9 o'clock last night...
...Natural and the Supernatural Jew (Pantheon; $6) is a wide-ranging survey of modern Jewish thought, by the current enfant terrible in the field. Theologian Cohen, 34, writes of Judaism from the standpoint of the maskil-the Jewish sage who is outside the rabbinate. Although he studied at Manhattan's Jewish Theological Seminary (as well as at Columbia and Chicago), Cohen is by profession a publisher; he founded the Meridian line of quality paperbacks and now edits religious books for Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Cohen is a believing Jew who accepts neither the Orthodox, nor Conservative nor Reform label...
...looking too much at form and too little at substance. It is indeed true that the Bolivian governors have "obtained electoral reforms and the nationalization of the tin industry, as well as the breaking up of large feudal estates." But of what value are these things, from the standpoint of the masses, if they are worse off than before, if it now costs more to produce Bolivian tin than it can be sold for on the world market...
...political theory, eliminating courses like Soc Sci 8. In order to toughen the soc sci requirement, the Committee could suggest that courses teach more about the social sciences as a discipline; this would be done not by teaching methodology but by approaching historical and social problems from the standpoint of theory...
...have made more dough." Never Mind. This season, as usual, Runnells' busy bat is doing all the pushing. But Pete has still mistaked only nine home runs in 1962. "It used to be quite a thing to lead the league in hitting," he says. "But now, from the standpoint of the fans, that don't sit so high. I just don't hit home runs, I never did, and I never will. I don't hold it against anybody." Runnells even forgives baseball's record keepers for spelling his name wrong; a Marine sergeant dropped...