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...America patriotism has come to mean more-and less. Virtually no other nation demands the daily reaffirmation of a pledge of allegiance. Hardly any other country plasters its cars, cocktail glasses and clothing with aggressive representations of the flag. But then, hardly any other citizens burn their nation's flag, or mock their own national anthem. To a growing number of Americans, apparently, the external symbols of patriotism have come to imply something else: a strident super-Americanism-or a collapsing standard of national and international morality. It is not difficult to perceive the causes for protest...
Your so-called definition of Opus Dei as "a mystical network of Catholic laymen and clerics whose members combine spiritual discipline with temporal progress" is not only unfortunate, but it is also unfair to me personally since I belong to Opus Dei I have never aspired to combine this "cocktail" of the spiritual with temporal progress nor am I subjected to any kind of discipline or connected with any "mystical network.' Belonging to Opus Dei concerns only my private life and does not affect at all my opinions or my political activity for which I alone am responsible...
Somebody at a Manhattan cocktail party had the audacity to ask whether Martha Graham, now 78 and no longer dancing, had any plans to retire. "Retire!" she exclaimed. "What would I do? We must all go on, and I am going on." That settled, Miss Graham, a frail figure in black and turquoise pajamas, said nice things about Israel's Batsheva Dance Company, which has been performing some of her works on its current American tour-"beautifully." Then back to her own plans: "I'm pulling back my dancers from all over the world...
...Afro) tell Your friends and comrades at and neat We send them hope for this new year To Buckley (Kevin) Ritchie Mike) We send Pulitzers (what Niemen like) For Marty Kilson and E. GuinierFour aspirin and two fifths of cheer. Dean Ebert, Dr. Funkenstein A Mystecin cocktail a jug of win Health Marg McKenna and Warren Wacker Adros Sizer and Hi. ylvisaker A Moose for Miss Bishop the poetry maker Metaphysical rapture for Herschel C.Baker.Petkevitch, and Valenzuela Make those New Years parties gala. Kudo to papa, applause for all the sports stars. And may Starrs sparkle brightly in Bill Liller...
...tradition of the electric toothbrush and the high-speed electric cocktail mixer, the latest effort-saving gadget is the Name Caller, which does away with the need of dialing a telephone. By pressing a button on the device, which can be easily attached to the phone, a user can reach any one of 38 numbers. Besides its speed and convenience, the Name Caller provides a foolproof way for a baby sitter to phone police, firemen or the family doctor in an emergency. The gadget-about the size of a small bathroom scale-has been available for only four months...