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...success would have been as unthinkable during the rages and outrages of 1969 as it seems inevitable in 1971. "The mood today," says Dr. Ernest Van Den Haag, a New York University social philosopher, "particularly on campus, is toward personal relationships rather than politics, love rather than sex, feeling rather than action. Not by accident does this mood coincide with the Nixon era. We've had two Presidents with activist images; they didn't solve our problems. Now the era of causes is practically over. Two years ago, we had a great number of mass actions: peace marches, college demonstrations...
...pleasure or disgust. The players, of course, with their physical and financial survival in continual jeopardy, are no more likely to philosophize during the game than gladiators in the arena-But for the viewers, especially for the viewers watching for free in the eremitical peace of living room or den, protected from the elements, aided and enlightened by instant replay and running commentary, a well played game has all the ingredients of a genuine philosophical experience. Whether or not the fan realizes this is another question, but he can only blame him self, if he leaves the game no wiser...
...minutely detailed copy of a Special Forces uniform. A sweating man in tuxedo lined the three up in front of a battery of Chamber of Commerce and news photographers, whereupon the contestants blinked mutely like pole-axed calves as the flashbulbs burst and the shutters began snapping like a den of rattlers...
...party she threw to celebrate Columnist Joseph Alsop's 60th birthday, 140 guests sat down to dine under a tent two stories high. At her first party last month for Lady Hartwell (whose husband runs London's Daily Telegraph), Kay Graham threw Social Lion Henry Kissinger into a den of Democrats, including Robert McNamara, Clark Clifford, Averell Harriman and Jack Valenti. At a second Hartwell party, the guests included Chief Justice Warren Burger, Secretary of State William Rogers, HEW Secretary Elliot Richardson and other prominent Administration figures. Among Mrs. Graham's English antiques and modern paintings the talk tends...
...traveler leaving his plane at Munich airport may well wonder what country he is visiting. A helpful Groundhostess will guide den Globetrotter to cinem Duty Free Shop, where he can use den Travelerscheck. His wife will learn of a nearby Beauty farm, where das Glamourgirl can enjoy das Bodybuilding or ein Facelift. On her way back, she will be able to do some one-stop-shopping in dem Basementstore or in dem Supermarket. While she is occupied, her husband, if he happens to be ein Playboy or ein Ladykiller, may have einen Long-drink Extra Dry and chase eine Sexbombe...