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Ever since Vatican II, canonizations have been less ornate than they used to be. No trumpets would blare during Mother Seton's Mass, nor would (banners wave in St. Peter's Square, where the ceremony was scheduled to be held. Still, the more than 50,000 onlookers in the square would witness a mighty spectacle as the white-robed Pope proceeded from St. Peter's to a specially constructed outdoor altar. Behind it, a huge tapestry depicted Mother Seton looking down from heaven on North America...
Swiftly and sensuously, the couples glide in and out of each other's arms, their feet stomping to the blare of music with a strong rhythmic beat. The girls and boys are attractively dressed. And they are holding hands. Has the cha-cha come back? Or is it a funky tango from a '40s movie? Though it looks a bit like both, the step that has restored body contact to dancing is called the Hustle, and at big-city discotheques, from Manhattan's Leviticus to San Francisco's Penthouse, it is causing the biggest swivet...
...traps of these mobile home oases allow it); they take nourishment at roadside snack bars; they recreate at rest stops, zonk in at the drive-in. Route 9 is smaller time--it carves through heavy suburbs, and at the Village Green Miniature Golf mecca "the 19th hole," a wired blare-music pinball palace, the lights are blazing and it seems like the kids are worshipping all night. The other 18 holes are flawless carpets. No off-balance tilts here--your ball goes where it is intended to. Furthermore, the mini-civilization which this 18-hole wonder slithers through is detailed...
...newspapers except those authorized by the Communist Party have been suppressed. A detailed census is being taken, presumably to facilitate supervision of all activities. Political and military officials who served under the old Thieu regime have been ordered to report to "reeducation" centers. Martial music and Communist slogans blare from street-corner loudspeakers...
While he is far from a radical, Moakley is trying to paint himself as a populist in this-campaign. Big block letters in bright Irish Green blare his name out from the outside of his second-story campaign headquarters on Union Street at the edge of Boston's North End. His billboards say in stark black-on-white lettering "Joe Moakley vs. Louise Day Hicks" and then, in bright green. "Give 'Em Hell, Joe." He talks about tax reform, about unemployment, about giving the little guy a break. Inside, the headquarters looks like the typical underdog operation--kids are running...