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John Paul II did not need to stage a Million Man March in order to solidify his claim to spiritual and political authority. Many times that number of men--and women and children--showed up at ballparks, racetracks, and street corners on cold, damp days in order to catch a glimpse of the spiritual leader to the world's billion Catholics during his recent visit to the Eastern seaboard...
Nonetheless, for most of the women who had come from far corners of the earth to express their solidarity, even a damp sojourn under a heavy official hand proved exhilarating. If Clinton did not impress a delegate, perhaps Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto did, or Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi, who appeared in a specially recorded videotape that was smuggled out of Rangoon...
...night fell, we camped on high ground where we would be less vulnerable to attack than down in the valley. The usual tumult of rattling pots, squealing animals, shouting men and billowing fires began. I threw down my pack, my carbine, my helmet damp with cold sweat, and slumped to the ground. I felt drained. The lark was over. The exhilaration of a cocky 25-year-old American had evaporated in a single burst of gunfire. Somebody got killed today. Somebody was liable to get killed tomorrow, and the day after. This was not war movies on a Saturday afternoon...
Even without a protest, the event attracted extensive media attention. Local college newspapers, Channel 7 News and New England Cable News all attended the signing, thrusting microphones in the faces of the three models and struggling to write down comments on damp paper...
...bring lots of underwear; you'll save some money. Why? Because the secret to a laundry-free year is oodles of undies. Maybe you'll never have to see a damp basement laundry room in Holworthy or Matthews. If you're clean on the inside, who cares about the outside...