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Little towns do, of course, offer their own special allure. A small community of any one of the wide variety provides a setting for life that is profoundly distinct from the hectic atmosphere of the metropolis. The sense of warm, intimate community may not be universal...
...even cost them control of the House they have held since 1954. Democratic control of the Senate is also threatened; a shift of nine seats would hand over power to the Republicans for the first time since '54. Enough Democratic seats are in real danger to make that a distinct possibility...
This year's platforms offer quite clear alternatives, two distinct views of life and Government. Basically, the Democrats support an activist, interventionist Government, while the Republicans want to reduce the federal presence. Declares the G.O.P.: "Government's power to take and tax, to regulate and require, has already reached extravagant proportions. Divided, leaderless, unseeing, uncomprehending, Democratic politicians plod on with listless offerings of pale imitations of the same policies they have pursued so long, knowing full well their futility...
...center had the symptoms of scarlet fever, yet did not respond to penicillin. In the next years Kawasaki spotted similar cases. By 1967 he was convinced that he was seeing a new illness, one that mostly struck children under five, and could only be diagnosed by a combination of distinct symptoms. Among them: high fever persisting for five or more days, congested blood vessels in the eye, skin rashes, enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, peeling of the skin from fingers and toes...
...cruises waiting for the squawk of the radio that would mean news, or tragedy, depending on your outlook. Dorchester, with its distinct line between the white and Black sections, is quiet. So too Brookline, and downtown Boston, where workers busily sweep up a day's worth of bakery wrappings from the Quincy Market plaza. In fact, it looks like it might be a bad night, real quiet...