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Jack Kennedy-Man of the Year for 1961-had passionately sought the presidency. The closeness of his victory did not disturb him; he took over the office with a youth-can-do-anything sort of self-confidence. He learned better; but learn he did. And in so doing he not only made 1961 the most endlessly interesting and exciting presidential year within recent memory; he also made the process of his growing up to be President a saving factor for the U.S. in the cold...
...Negro college students arrested while trying to break the segregation barrier in Baton Rouge eateries. The court's opinion, written by Chief Justice Earl Warren, dealt only with the fact that there had been no evidence that the students were guilty, as charged, of having violated a Louisiana disturbing-the-peace statute that prohibits anyone from acting "in such manner as to unreasonably and foreseeably disturb the public." (The state law has since been amended so as to include sit-inners specifically...
...seemed to tower over the taller Chamberlain. When Warrior guards tried to feed Pivot Man Chamberlain with soft, overhead passes, Russell was there-arms flailing-to bat the ball away. When Chamberlain leaped for his famed "fallaway" push shot, Russell leaped with him leaning into Wilt just enough to disturb his delicate aim. By half time, Chamberlain had scored just nine field goals, was so frustrated that he shook a clenched fist angrily at the air. Only in the second half, when Russell relaxed, did Chamberlain begin to click. By game's end, the duel had turned into something...
Well, there are rotten Aepfel in every barrel, and this doesn't disturb me nearly so much as the comments of a certain deranged Herr Dieringer, who, in Chapter 32, is told of a large fire in his unnamed town. Sagt Herr Dieringer (who, we later learn, is a member of the local health insurance fund association...
First of all, I should say that I consider the anti-Peace Corps demonstrations by Nigerian students unfortunate, not because it provides unfavorable propaganda for the United States in context of the East-West power and ideological struggle, for this aspect of the problem doesn't particularly disturb me. Rather, it is an unfortunate event insofar as it represents one of the obstacles to the ability of the American people to assist in the human struggle for better standards of existence in underdeveloped countries...