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...walked through the streets of this city which I had never seen before. After marching most of the route, we came in sight of a great blur of light. All that we could see was the brightness attacking our eyes, and we were told that it was the White House. So those of us who were live people had to shout the name on the card around each of our necks. I felt very angry now. I yelled as loudly as I was able to, but inside, Richard Nixon was probably snoring...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: The eyes have it The March Against Death | 11/19/1969 | See Source »

Suddenly four Weathermen slide into the room in a blur of jeans. army field jackets, and a green silk bandana. Two are girls...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: At the Gates of God-Drunk but Unafraid | 11/12/1969 | See Source »

...jock, football players and hockey players, soccer men and wrestlers all seem to blur into one, large hunk. But cross country runners always have seemed different-somehow not your basic jocks...

Author: By Michael E. Kinsley, | Title: Koerner: A Jock of A Different Ilk | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...summer. A ringer? Not at all, said an admissions official, pointing out that the lovely Tigress was in the top 1% of her high school class and won several public speaking contests. Purred June: "I've met so many boys today, they're all just one big blur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 19, 1969 | 9/19/1969 | See Source »

This self-consciousness is usually of an assured, quiet, sort. They define the Radcliffe years as an arrow pointing toward them, with everything else fading into a grayish blur. What do they like best here? The privacy, the independence, the challenge, or some particular experience of the past, they answer softly...

Author: By Faye Levine, | Title: Peach, Chocolate, and Lime The Three Famous Flavors of Radcliffe | 9/18/1969 | See Source »

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