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...third notable is Chico the Bum. He has a wheelbarrow with an enormous carton in it, inscribed in various-colored crayons, "The Traveling Litter Basket." He roams the town cleaning out gutters and picking up trash at certain stores, all for free...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What I Did Last Summer- Mt. Kisco | 10/7/1970 | See Source »

...many of us have determined to travel on our own, seeking the kind of free mental space in which to observe, imagine, write, only to find that a woman is never as free as a man to bum across country or through Europe? Ever try to sit down in a park with a book or a sketch pad for more than five minutes without some character feeling it his obligation to make an attempt at picking you up? Of course you can get rid of him but your peace of mind is shattered for that...

Author: By Sue Jhirad, | Title: Women's Liberation Finding a Life of One's Own | 9/24/1970 | See Source »

...have determined to trav?r own, seeking the kind of free ? space in which to observe, i?, write, only to find that a wom? ever as free as a man to bum ?ountry or through Europe? ?y to sit down in a park with a book or a sketch pad for more than five minutes without some character feeling it his obligation to make an attempt at picking you up? Of course you can get rid of him but your peace of mind is shattered for that...

Author: By Sue Jhirad, | Title: Women: Finding a Life of One's Own | 8/18/1970 | See Source »

...with adults." All the same, the Robinsons have achieved a bigger goal: saving their relationship with Sue, a sophomore at the University of Washington, who now abhors most of the drug scene, especially "the dealers, who don't care about the poor kid on the street who gets a bum tab of acid." Who educated whom? The kids led the way, says Robinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: When the Young Teach and the Old Learn | 8/17/1970 | See Source »

...many of us have determined to travel on our own , seeking the kind of free mental space in which to observe, imagine, write, only to find that a woman is never as free as a man to bum across country or through Europe. Ever try to sit down in a park with a book or a sketch pad for more than five minutes without some character feeling it his obligation to make an attempt at picking you up? Of course you can get rid of him but your peace of mind is shattered for that...

Author: By Sue Jhirad, | Title: Women's Liberation: Finding Our Heads | 6/11/1970 | See Source »

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