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...paradox. Because if one sentiment links the antiglobalists, besides their concern for the world's have-nots, it's a distrust of the large, of the enormous (except for Big Labor--for now). Their spirit recalls a conflict from the '70s that also pitted young idealists against a fearsome acronym. When Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, moved by a belief that small is beautiful and big is hideous, set out to build a personal computer that would challenge IBM's great mainframes, their aim was not merely technical but also social. They wanted to bring power to the people...
...rather than sexual acts. A list of rules that the BGLTSA wrote to guide their poster-makers included "No Extreme Profanity" and "No Uncreative Vulgarity"; my question is why the posters required profanity and vulgarity at all, regardless of their creative content. None of the words in BGLTSA's acronym include or imply obscenity in their definitions...
...involve sex. Allyn explains the evolution of the bra-burner myth, explains the history of nudist colonies in the United States, and gives a detailed account of group marriages, a popular trend of the late '70s. He explores the story behind Hugh Heffner's rise and fall, what the acronym PRIDE actually signifies, and describes what Deep Throat, perhaps the most recognized porn-flick title, really involved. These random facts are all the more interesting when Allyn writes about sex in college. Among his many stories include the tale of a 15-year-old girl who would simply walk around...
...posters carried the approval signature of "KNS," an acronym that does not appear under the College's listing of student organizations. When pronounced phonetically, the acronym reads "Quien es?" which means "Who is?" in Spanish...
...have no idea who it is," Grant said. "We think that maybe some individual or group came up with a fake acronym...