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...South Africa. Raitt's reaction was very much in character with her direct, communicative style. She said, "Great. It's about time people got off their ass at Harvard. I think it's great. That's the one thing I missed--a lot of political involvement. In the years that I was building up my career, that seemed to fall by the wayside, and not it's real nice that I'm in a position of power, where I can do something. And a lot of other people are going to be getting involved also...
...does seem to capture some of the feelings and energies that circulated in the '50s. The music is quite good, and Chuck Berry's renditions of "Reelin' and Rockin'" and "Roll Over Beethoven" are worth the cost of the ticket. When I'm as old as he is I want to be able to shake my ass and rock out like that...
...While you sit on your ass making the revolution, I'm out there in the kitchen like a slavey. What we need is a revolution in this house. " The author acknowledges that her book grew out of her own intense commitment to feminism. Until the late '60s, she says portentously, "I was profoundly depoliticized, unable to see my own image reflected in the history of my times." As reflected in The Romance of American Communism, that image is sympathetic, generous but not clearly focused. She takes the complexities of idealism and motivation and submerges them into a provocative...
...contract kept floating back. He leaned forward in his chair, and his face hardened. "Win or lose this Series," he said, "I'm going to demand a new contract that gives me some independence. If he fires me, he'll never live it down, with these fans." He sounded surer of himself now, more confident that he had an edge in the battle with the owner. "A little Dago like me fixed his ass. If I get fired, I've still got something inside of me that will beat him. I'll come back and haunt...
...face another month of courses, review, and then, finally, examinations when he returns to school. It's so wonderful to make the long-awaited sojurn home in December, to see family and friends, and to hear "oh, weren't finals so rough? Christ I'm glad they're over with. I worked my ass off studying those last couple of weeks." Comments like these do much to enliven an otherwise dull vacation, and the possibilities for more intense discussion are infinite. There's nothing like sharing the relief of all your friends, who themselves can hardly refrain from exclaiming...