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...Pittsburgh, where the Amen Corner-an organization of business and professional men-gave him a cordial reception, three local John Birch Society members announced formation of a Wallace-for-President group. Wallace said he welcomed their support because the Birchers he knew in Alabama were fine folks and stout antiCommunists...
...Birch had his best time in the backstroke, Doug Walther did the same in the butterfly, and Bill Shrout won the 100-yd. free, but Harvard was just no match for the now 10-0 Tigers...
Instant Hedonism. Few organized movements of any description, from the John Birch Society to the A.F.L.-C.I.O...
...self or one's worldly goods in imitation of Christ. The matter grew more complex under the Protestant ethic, when gifts were bestowed as a reward or incentive for good behavior. St. Nick was long depicted as a scrawny saint who Carried presents in one hand and birch rods in the other. But the art of giving grows most difficult in this permanent holiday age of affluence, when, in the words of Poet Howard Nemerov, Santa Claus himself is an "overstuffed confidence man who climbs at night down chimneys, into dreams, with this world's goods...
...success can be traced to its emphasis on reporting rather than punditry. "Fresh fact is our thrust," says Evans. And often enough, the two men have uncovered facts that no one else put in print. They were the first to disclose that a member of California's John Birch Society had joined the prestigious "President's Club" and that he and his family had contributed $12,000 to the Democratic Party. After the column appeared, Democratic leaders in California forced the national committee to return the money. Earlier, the team reported an attempt by the John Birch Society...