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...dumb ones have always held a special belief in what comes natur'lly. That belief appears to grow stronger as society pulls further away from nature. As ever more synthetic artifacts of Western civilization emerge from laboratories and test tubes, a great many people have developed an outright crush on nature. Indeed, the supposedly natural is so warmly regarded nowadays that the artificial is in danger of getting an unjustly bad name...
...President has not, however, decided to change course after last week's setback. Blustering about his "deep, burning anger," he vowed to use his influence to crush those who opposed his empty amendment. Many Democratic congressional candidates, as well as the 20 Republicans who stood up for reason under intense peer pressure, will have difficulty explaining to impatient constituents why they opposed a measure encouraging a balanced national ledger...
...REMEMBER in agonizing detail a crush I had my second year of high school. After class, I would go home and release the pent-up frustration of unrequited love with my stereo. One track in particular spun over and over again on the turntable: "Bargain" by The Who. As the music blasted forth, I would listen to Roger Daltrey and pretend his golden throat was mine. In my dream, the brown-eyed girl would sit entranced while I half sang, half shouted Pete Townshend's lyrics: "I'd pay any price just to win you, Surrender my good life...
...Poland. Despite that admission, the fact was that the Bern terrorists had given the military government a boost, rather than the opposite. Throughout the siege, the Jaruzelski regime was able to inveigh even more against the trade-union movement that the Communist leadership in Poland is striving to crush...
...borrowing can occur. In the past six years, American manufacturing and other nonfinancial corporations have doubled their total indebtedness to $1.2 trillion, a figure that exceeds the federal debt, and in industry after industry the ratios of assets to borrowing have deteriorated dangerously. The debt load doubtless will crush more companies into bankruptcy even in the early stages of a recovery...