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...Catholic upbringing. When her parents refused to let her attend an art school in Paris, she left home at 16 and became a model. Success, travel and money came almost instantaneously. Some nude pictures taken at that time found their way into Playboy only this year, much to her disgust. "The nudity was an act of personal vengeance against my very strict upbringing," she explains. "Today it seems stupid." And her other rumored acts of personal vengeance involving sex and drugs? "Past history," she says. "It's not interesting to talk about that, at least not for me. There...
...lung seizure, which was followed by a mental breakdown. Austrian Werner Haim sustained a severe leg injury, and several others fell ill. That left only two Austrians and the three British, who spent more time arguing over who was to lead than in actual climbing. The British quit in disgust, and soon the remaining Austrians were forced down by inclement weather...
...slow, subterranean kind of change: a disgust with the arrogance and unapproachability of the officers, of watching men whose moral growth stopped at the age of twelve. I concluded that we had reached the point that whatever gains we could possibly make, there would never be enough to make up for the suffering we were inflicting...
...astronauts during their tour of Washington. Because of the crowds, visitors to the gallery were only allowed to stay for fifteen minutes. Timing was essential--one student overcompensated and at 1:55 p.m. was shuttled out of the gallery. He spotted a friend in the line, and remarked with disgust, "Great, I wait for hours and what do I get--astronauts...
These actions are our most visible way of demonstrating our disgust with Nixon's continuation of the air and sea war against North Vietnam. We have to make them work...