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...belief is well founded. Defense Department figures cited by Charles Moskos Jr. in his boo. "The American Enlisted Man," show that black combat deaths have been running about one-third above the proportion of blacks stationed in Southeast Asia...

Author: By Wallace TERRY Ii, | Title: Bringing the War Home . . . (II) | 10/9/1970 | See Source »

...America is just fighting this war so that the white man can put boo-coo money in his pocket," Pvt. Bruce Jessup of Washington, D.C., said in Pleiku. "He just lets you die so he can send his little war materials over here. To hell with this war. We should say, come on in. Ho Chi Minh, this is yours. You can probably do a whole lot better with drove a gas truck for the 815th Army Engineer Battalion...

Author: By Wallace TERRY Ii.), | Title: Bringing the War Home... | 10/8/1970 | See Source »

...party, around three o'clock in the morning, Styron experienced a sudden physical collapse. Perhaps this was due to his history of high blood pressure, agitated by all day tensions and whiskey; it may be that our guest had also stood in close proximity to minor clouds of Mexican boo-smoke. Whatever the causes, Styron sincerely believed himself to be dying. He declared himself able to see "the other shore," thought himself a visitor to some strange nether world, and, in general, carried on like a Baptist fanatic. Rescue squads and cops came clanging and banging stretchers and doors...

Author: By Larry L. king, | Title: A Former Nieman Looks Back, Part II Mailer and Styron at Harvard | 10/3/1970 | See Source »

...pulled off by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. When he first announced that All-Star Game selection would be done by the fans instead of the players, the "dream game" suddenly became a nightmare. Customers, rightfully charging that several deserving prospects were left off the ballot, howled about "Bowie's boo-boo." Players complained about the "meaningless popularity contest." As it happened, a large write-in vote rectified most of the injustices of the ballot. And a poll of the players showed that they agreed with twelve of the 16 starters (managers pick the pitchers) selected by the fans. Though Kuhn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The All-Star Thing | 7/27/1970 | See Source »

...George." Golda was also Lady Macbeth, Medusa, a witch and Sophie Portnoy. When Moshe Dayan and Deputy Premier Yigal Allon lost in their bids for the Premiership Sylvie wrote: "These two generals are only good to fight and frighten Arabs. But they are afraid to say 'boo' to one old Jewish lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Sylvie's Poison Arrows | 7/6/1970 | See Source »

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