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CAPTAIN JAMES COOK dubbed the archipelago the "Sandwich Islands" when he dropped anchor off Kauai in 1778, got a god's welcome from thousands of handsome Polynesians again when he returned the following year, then was killed by natives during a fight over petty thievery. By 1796, the islands were under the firm, beneficent rule of King Kamehameha I. who united the land after ten years of civil war among smaller chieftains, and began turning his domain into a thriving nation. After his death in 1819, his son Liholiho (Kamehameha II) took over, began the systematic abandonment...
...self-justification (in itself an unZen act). Wailed one: "When we sit long hours in meditation, the blood tends to collect around our loins. It's natural for us to seek outlets." That was no surprise to some cynical Japanese, who say that novice Zen priests often slip anchor at night after the temple supervisor goes home. Many steer straight for the local brothel, where the madam courteously bundles them inside without obtrusive haggling at the door. Others hold frequent cookouts near the temple, wolfing down undercover banquets to fatten a temple diet of soybean soup and boiled radishes...
Mullin won the mile and two-mile events. Knapp took thirds in both distances, and in the two-mile relay he caught Princeton's anchor man at the wire after closing a 15-yard...
Finally Jimson, wearied by the forces of Philistinism, pulls up his anchor and sails into the Thames. He passes the side of a huge freighter, and thinking of a new vision, contorts his body like a statue of Mercury as he blocks out the imaginary lines. As Jimson passes under London Bridge, Nosey, the boy, calls out to him though he knows he will be unheard: "Michelangelo, Raphael, Picasso--you're one of them, Mr. Jimson...
Losing the Anchor. Alcorn called on a research analyst, Claude Robinson of Princeton, N.J., who flashed a series of charts to point up still other causes. For one, the party is losing the flourishing white-collar voters who should be its anchor; 52% voted Republican in 1954, 38% in 1958. And it is losing its appeal to youth and becoming the party of the older voter. In November Republicans got 49% of the age-50-and-over vote, 37% of the age-49-and-under...