THE CAMPAIGN: Nixon v. Kennedy

The two heavyweight candidates squared off last week, as if the preliminaries were all over and the main event were well under way. Dick Nixon and Jack Kennedy measured their own and each other's weaknesses, and began to run against each other.

Kennedy. Kennedy's weakness, in the public image, was foreign policy. Since the summit breakup in Paris, he has been bruised by the suspicion that he is too young to handle the man-sized diplomatic problems confronting the U.S. To erase that impression, he put on a statesmanlike dark suit, white shirt and...

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