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...ordered him to teach art to mentally retarded children at Miami's Hope School. To Garrett, the experience was the most rewarding of his life; he now is part of the school's paid staff. Carl Dachton had a similar experience. A gun-shop owner held in contempt for temporarily returning a customer's guns in violation of a court order, he was required to take five white, five black and five Cuban boys on trips to the Everglades "to teach them to know and love the outdoors as you do." Delighted with the task, Dachton says...
...student days? No, just the game-show people beginning theirs with Truth or Consequences, the first of no fewer than 25 half-hours of vapid-fire questions and gaudy prizes. On through the day come a succession of dazzle-dentured, sharp-suited emcees, attempting to smother their contempt for their work and their contestants under a line of chatter as false as a roofing salesman's guarantees...
...From his pallid face, the boy expressed the bitter essence of contempt which the weak have for all that is piti less and strong. His mouth made rude noises. His fingers interpreted them . . He slouched away, his feet seeming not in complete accord with his knees. A lurid sunset turned a last sickly smile upon him before it died...
Opponents of the article, however, countered that the committee had failed to contest Nixon's claim in court, as Jaworski had, and had also failed to seek a contempt citation from the full House against him. "We have not elevated this to the level of an impeachable offense by either going to the House floor or going to the courts," contended Democrat Flowers. Insisted Dennis: "The right to impeach ... does not make us the sole arbitrator of the Constitution." The article carried by the narrow and largely partisan margin...
...prearranged credit, and police briefly delayed the DC-8 just before it was ready to take off. On board with his wife and their son America, Pop Revolutionary Abbie Hoffman moaned, "If I don't get back to Chicago on time, I'll be in contempt of court again...