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John Kennedy is the oldest trainee at Peace Corps boot camps, now operating on seven U.S. campuses, from Harvard to Berkeley. Most recruits are in their early 20s; the Kennedys know they may wash out before they ever reach the Philippines. But so may others much younger. If the Peace Corps fails, it will not be for lack of talent to choose from. At the rate of 100 a day, some 12,250 Americans have now volunteered. For brains, looks and verve, those chosen so far would rank high in any enterprise...
...Europe, too, termites are marching inexorably north. French termites have moved from Bordeaux to Paris. After a long trek up the Italian boot, other termites are now dining on Venice's peppermint-striped gondola hitching posts...
Steam heat is, in fact, the ideal climate for Mauldin's style of searing creativity. In an art that often uses a shovel instead of a rapier, a backslap instead of a boot, Mauldin, 39, wields the hottest editorial brush in the U.S. Full of caustic and rebellious passions, he boils over onto his drawing board with the scalding effect of a well-aimed spit of lava. "You've got to be a misanthrope in this business," says Mauldin. "A real son of a bitch. I'm touchy. I've got raw nerve ends...
Democrats outnumber Republicans 3 to 1 in New York, and Wagner is still favored to beat a Republican ticket headed by State Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz. But the election is not until Nov. 7 -and that gives Bumbling Bob ample time to boot...
From classical halls he was given the boot...