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...recently invoked to arrest a diner at a provincial bistro for drawing a caricature of De Gaulle on a tablecloth, an amateur ceramist for portraving him on an ashtray, a drunk for criticizing him in a bar, and an unsuspecting man in the street for shouting "Hou! Hou! (Boo! Boo!)" at a passing presidential motorcade...
...Toronto Maple Leafs 3-3-although the seating capacity at Civic Arena is only 12,507. The Philadelphia Flyers have been averaging 9,000 paid admissions per game; General Manager Bud Poile beams happily: "This game has really arrived in Philadelphia. The fans have started to boo us and the refs." In St. Louis, Blues Vice President Sid Salomon III says: "We were prepared to wait three years before making any money-but we stand a good chance this first season." In Bloomington, Minn., the North Stars play their home games in a brand-new, 14,400-seat auditorium, dress...
...West, flew home to try to resolve the crisis. His first effort-a pleading back-to-work speech addressed to teachers assembled in Miami's Marine Stadium-ended in failure. Irked by the crowd's hostility, Kirk urged them to "get together with one good rousing boo" for the Governor-and drew only an icy silence. F.E.A. members were angered by his statement to out-of-state reporters that he was "going to break the back of the teachers" and that "it is un-American to turn education processes over to a union...
...this mystical melange, hippie communities are developing clearly identifiable sects, with their own clergy, formal meetings and even liturgy. These groups borrow unabashedly from all three main strands of the psychedelic faith. The Neo-American Church, whose pastors are known as "boo-hoos" (the absurd title is meant to keep "an element of humor in our institutional affairs"), uses prayers from Buddhism, Tantric Yoga and Mohawk moccasins in its pseudo-marriage ceremonies. One popular center of hippie worship in Los Angeles is the Oracle-Cosmic Joy Fellowship, whose prelates are known as "coordinators." At its regular services, worshipers sit cross...
...high school they boo when you drop it," Tuckwiller said, "but here they laugh." His best trick is a high throw and somersault combination he thought up as he went to sleep the night before a game...