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...Organization Ten meeting heard an MDC engineer explain what a boon to mankind the underpasses would be. Yes, the riverbank would be incorporated into the roadway and yes, the trees would have be removed...
...castle stands deep within the Ardennes Forest, and in it dwells an aging nobleman who broods over his ancient lineage, his child-wife, and his priceless art collection. It is also occupied by the 314th Replacement Cadre, a foul-spoken band of American fighting boon-dogglers, including a cowboy, an Indian, a composer, a Negro intellectual, an art historian and an ex-preacher. The cadre is commanded by a sex-and-glory-hungry major. It is December 1944, the Germans are preparing to launch the Battle of the Bulge, and the castle bars the road to Bastogne...
When an Afrikaner looks at a girl and sighs, "Ah, a 38!" he is less apt to be ogling statistics than calculating calibers. More than 27,000 white women in South Africa these days belong to pistol clubs, and many thousands more go armed. The latest boon for pistol-packing mommas is a lightweight leather holster that clips on any brassiere and facilitates an Instant Oakley draw in case of trouble...
Imperial Typewriter, which already has orders from 14 countries, hopefully sees the Musikriter as a great boon to composers, music publishers, orchestras, music libraries and schools...
...memories, and committed enough to concrete personal goals not to reach after flimsy national destinies. Most important, the holiday we will go through the motions of celebrating next week no longer represents the spirit and values of the nation. Americans regard affluence as a birthright, not a providential boon. There is no point in our communing with an impoverished past as long as we keep on getting richer...