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...centrist thesis at the polls, which is precisely where it has to be disproven. The nomination and election of any one of them would represent only one step. Independent organizations built around specific issues will still be necessary. But a victory by one of these candidates could substantially alter the shape of American politics and bring us a lot closer to the achievement of a number of specific and important goals...

Author: By F.j. Dionne, | Title: The Politics of Fence Riding | 1/26/1972 | See Source »

...Time must slowly come to an end, I now close this Blessed Letter which I, YOUR Living GOD, have dictated to you through My Loving Son, who wrote down My Very Sacred Words. Time will never alter My decision not to have My Holy Name written on any document. My humble Son will sign this Blessed Letter to alter fear of destruction! Eugene Changey

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AND NOW, A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR... | 1/21/1972 | See Source »

...especially music that induces trancelike states. The mild hysteria underlying each of these courses seems born and bred at Disneyland. In the new Academic environment, the experience is given a new theoretical and often satirical thrust, but there still remains the intrinsic fascination of the possibility of technology to alter states of consciousness, or in the words of Walt Disney, "to make people feel they're in another world." The imagineers of Disneyland, of course, never say what they mean to do with all their rides, gimmicks, and audio-animatronical robots, but C.I.A. knows...

Author: By Laurence Bergreen, | Title: Disney's Lands: Is the Shyster in the Back Room of Illusion? | 1/12/1972 | See Source »

...sank. Crew members commandeered all but one of the lifeboats, and most of the 233 passengers, including the owner's wife and two children, drowned. Two years later the Collins Line's Pacific steamed into an ice field and disappeared without a trace. But nothing could alter the drive for more speed. A captain of the day expressed the view that the way to deal with fog was to steam as fast as possible, thus getting "sooner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Leviathans | 1/3/1972 | See Source »

LOVE IN THE RUINS, by Walker Percy. In a blending of science fiction and theology, the author of The Moviegoer fondly satirizes man's attempts to alter his fate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: A Selection of the Year's Best Books | 1/3/1972 | See Source »

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