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Society author, British Economist Barbara Ward, when he warned that "the scientific, technological and economic gap between the rich and poor nations is widening." Before leaving New York, he managed to lavishly praise Nelson Rockefeller, Senator Javits and Mayor Lindsay. Then he jetted off to the Republican Governors' Association...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Republicans: See How He Runs | 12/16/1966 | See Source »

In that ever-widening circle of giving outside the family, Christmas sometimes takes on an aspect of the potlatch, a ceremony of the Kwakiutl Indians of the Pacific Northwest, during which the chiefs showered gifts on each other. Their object was to surpass a rival in generosity, and to crush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE ART OF GIVING | 12/16/1966 | See Source »

Sir: Your Essay on the Negro contributes to the current liberal no-lash, the let's-ease-up-for-a-while feeling spreading among many well-meaning whites. What do your "remarkable" progress, "dramatic gains," "soaring" percentage increases, "impressive" and "enormous" advances add up to? More segregation in Northern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 4, 1966 | 11/4/1966 | See Source »

While Johnson is accorded high marks for getting things done, he has not thereby endeared himself to his constituents. Each new public-opinion sampling brings evidence of an ever-widening "affection gap": last week the Minneapolis Tribune reported an eleven-month slippage from 72% to 48% in Minnesotans' approval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Protecting the Flank | 11/4/1966 | See Source »

If not all Negroes covet white skin, all of them without exception seek after the white man's freedom of choice. The Rev. James Jones, the white Episcopal Urban Vicar of Chicago, who moved into a Negro ghetto, argues that Negroes will not live up to their full responsibilities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: WHAT THE NEGRO HAS-AND HAS NOT-GAINED | 10/28/1966 | See Source »

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