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...Commercial Appeal, which is not known as a blue-collar paper, announced that among the many changes to come, the newspaper would be made "easier to read." To boot, a full one-fourth of the front page was occupied by a color photograph of a black man picking cotton, a quaint idea in an enormous amount of space. Alas, it seemed, a newspaper had finally reached a par with television: it had managed to torment one's intelligence...
Last week the House approved a radical approach to the problem. By a vote of 325 to 91, it passed a bill that would for the first time pay dairy farmers not to produce milk. In the past, such "paid diversions" have been offered to grain and cotton farmers. The bill provides for payments to farmers of $10 for each 100 lbs. of milk (about 12 gal.) not produced, up to 30% of their average annual output. The price-support level for milk-the price at which the Government agrees to buy up surpluses-would be trimmed immediately from...
...like researching U.S. postal regulations ... or comparing the Delaware nonprofit corporation law with that of the other states"), there is only a slim chance of becoming a partner. To beat the odds, one need only be "the hardest-working, least-likely-to-screw-up, most anal, puritanical grind since Cotton Mather...
...Network and Cable Health Network, which together reach about 15 million subscribers. Starring in the eye-catching advertisement is Deborah Diehl, 25, a New York City actress whose previous appearances include an off-off-Broadway production of Henry IV, work as an extra in Francis Coppola's upcoming Cotton Club and TV plugs for Paterson Silks and Pergament paint. How does she feel about peddling panties in the buff? "It's not exactly Shakespeare," says Diehl, "but it beats selling paint." Even if it is a shade off-color...
...because he presents no alternatives to the cruel world of entertainment he has been obsessed with since his first film, Caboret. At one point Snider visits a carnival with Dorothy's sister Eileen (Lisa Gordon), and they both seem happy riding the merry-go-round and eating gobs of cotton candy. But it is a child's paradise, and all Dorothy's childish innocence and Paul's childish rages won't gain them entrance to it. Once they discover lust and the cars, pinball and games, and ultimately guns, they are lost. Suicide is not the ultimate act of self...