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...long can we be passive and turn the other cheek when we get hit," asks Bobbi Baker, half-owner of "Bobbi Baker's," a little boutique on Holyoke Street that has been trashed three times in the last four months. "How long can we afford to stay in business...

Author: By David R. Ignatius, | Title: What Can They Do to Cool the Square? | 7/31/1970 | See Source »

Heard made the statement at a press briefing following a meeting with Nixon. Also present at the meeting were James E. Cheek, president of Howard University, who advises Nixon on problems at black universities, and John H. Finch, former Secretary of HEW and now special counsel to the President...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nixon Adviser Denies Attack On Spiro Agnew | 7/10/1970 | See Source »

...seven-year-old could speak but two sentences in his new tongue: "I do not speak English" and "Please do not kiss me." Forbearance is difficult for a little boy; there are people who will kiss a child no matter what he pleads. Mike learned how to offer a cheek and withdraw a psyche. He was a great sponge of a boy who decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Some are More Yossarian than Others | 6/15/1970 | See Source »

...does her father feel about her appearing nude in the San Francisco company of Oh! Calcutta!? Well, said Louise Hatch, 24, the show is a "tongue-in-cheek parade of our sexual hangups"; and after all, "he feels that people who object to the show for moral reasons, ought to object to things like the war in Viet Nam instead." "I am not uptight about it at all," said her father, Episcopal Bishop Robert Hatch of the Diocese of Western Massachusetts. "I am glad she has a chance to express herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 8, 1970 | 6/8/1970 | See Source »

...those gathered at U.C.L.A. to witness Haldeman's acceptance of the Alumnus of the Year award, the speaker's tongue-in-cheek hypothesis was good for a chuckle or two. But coming from a member of an Administration more noted for hostility to the press than for intentional humor, the Eastern Establishment Media-cabal theory was certain to be taken seriously by many Americans. It took the White House to set matters straight, in a statement that described Haldeman's fantasy as "jesting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: That Liberal Cabal | 6/8/1970 | See Source »

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