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...south Dakota senator mentioned the role of the "loyal opposition" and remarked. "We do not rally to the support of policies that we deplore, but we do love this country and we will continue to beckon it to a higher standard...
...walks into a multimirrored bathroom of the 40-room mansion he owns in fashionable Greenwich, Conn. The mansion also sports swastika flags on many of the ceilings, as well as a man-size doll hanging by its neck in the ballroom. When concert tours and promotional appearances do not beckon, Alice can usually be found in his Greenwich "pad," curled up in an armchair with a six-pack of beer, seeking further inspiration from...
...preztel but not for subway tokens back to NYU. The Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein was packed, the Knicks were in town and Madison Square Garden didn't answer. Theolonius Monk was weathering something in Canada. I'd had too many jackhammers that day for the Fillmore East to beckon, and even the movies-well, Zabriskie Point wouldn't open until Monday...
These are not tranquil times for the U.S. Protest on every hand makes depressing reading when autumn colors and football and the World Series beckon. Yet division and dissatisfaction are unalterable facts of life these days. Because they can-indeed must-be brought to light, they bear testimony to the essential strength of American society...
...vision is unsettling and thought-provoking. Its still difficult to accept wholly but it is clear to me at least that self-searching along these lines will be necessary, a steeling of the mind to reject any lavish but corrupt opportunities that may beckon in favor of a simpler and more frugal, but more satisfying, life...