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Word: boockholdt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1970
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...flag fashions are, they implicitly contain a put-on or a flare of adolescent rebellion. "Desecrating the flag is just fun," explains Beth Spencer, 21, of Berkeley. "It's burned, torn or worn for the sheer joy of doing something naughty and getting away with it." Says Carl Boockholdt, a boutique operator in Indianapolis: "It could be a parody type of feeling, to signify that the red, white and blue shouldn't be such a heavy symbol as it's been." Richard Spiegel, a member of the Boston cast of Hair, says simply: "This generation really has no sacred objects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Who Owns the Stars and Stripes? | 7/6/1970 | See Source »

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