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...area equivalent to downtown Boston from the waterfront to Back Bay. The neighborhood supports few businesses that are not owned by whites who live elsewhere, and few lucrative businesses of any type. A third of Bedford-Stuyvesant's household are headed by women; on warm days, their children clog the sidewalks and whatever part space there is. Unemployment is high, especially among youths who drop out of school. "At my school," one girl said recently, "they tell everyone 'If you get disinterested, as soon as you're 16, just go on downstairs, sign yourself out, and leave.'" Many...
...Stone describes as "that sweet little old lady who remembers everybody." Hi Brows are for younger people who want something a little spicier than sugar. Indeed, Hi Brows sometimes hang over the brink of bad taste. "For your birthday," reads one, "just a refreshing wish . . . may your cesspool never clog." For graduation, American Greetings has a suitable Hi Brow: "Your jaw is firm, your gaze is steady, your mind is alert, your head is high . . . your fly is open." Anyone who is tired of traditional Christmas cards can pick up a Hi Brow: "You may be getting a big surprise...
...once, of course, a thunderbolt of outrage cracks around the world. Moscow and Peking issue angry warnings. Demonstrators clog the streets outside U.S. embassies, and USIA libraries are burned. Headlines are black and thunderous; U.S. allies look grave and offer to mediate; the United Nations is in an uproar. In the U.S., sandals and beards and protest signs turn up everywhere. The liberal press is in a frenzy. Congressmen and Senators shake their heads solemnly and charge the U.S. with attempting to police the world...
...fascist, and contemporary statutes that make up Italian law, the only thing certain is that there is no divorce. After that it's gangbusters. Everything is so tangled that it takes twelve to 18 months before a first hearing on any charge; a final judgment takes years. The clog in courthouse and jailhouse gets worse as each year gets older. Then, every so often, just before the jam-up becomes impossible to handle, the Italians resort to a sure cure: a general amnesty for all but the most dangerous offenders...
...state elections.* Last week, in accordance with a congressional directive in the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the Justice Department interceded in a suit brought against the Virginia levy by four Negroes "of very limited means," formally asked the Supreme Court to outlaw "for once and for all" this "serious clog in the exercise of the vote...