Word: doors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...would have an assistant set the recorder up in the classroom. The professor, of course, was delighted at the system which afforded him much free time. After his taped lectures had been playing for several months, he decided to visit one of his classes himself. As he opened the door he saw his recorder on the front desk, merrily lecturing to 65 small tape recorders, one on each desk of the deserted classroom...
...productive power, for all its feats in space, the Soviet economy seems unable to produce a doorknob that always turns, a door that closes properly, a light fixture that works on the first try, a toilet that flushes consistently. The average Russian's clothes are shabby, ill-fitting and expensive; it takes half a month's wages to buy a pair of shoes. His diet is dependent on the seasons and painfully monotonous. On the average, the Russian has only nine square yards of space in which to live, and young newlyweds normally stay with their parents...
...Next door is the domestic terminal of Olympic Airlines. Well, something has changed. The walls are plastered with posters and slogans. "Remember, where there is Communism, there is no Fatherland, Religion, Family, Honor." "The Revolution of April 21 is the continuation of the Battle of Marathon, of Salamis and Thermopylae." "Learn to listen well and for a long time, instead of speaking out of turn." I read incredulously. A few people look at me. I look at them. We all smile furtively...
...campaign, Smith called for an open housing law. This need not spell death for a politician he argues. It can even win votes. "People are immediately worried about property values going down," he explains. "You show them that if you don't let the Negro move in next door today, he will burn down your house ten years from now. And then it won't be worth a dime...
Life in New Orleans has not been easy. There have been the threats, the accusations, and the economic and social boycotts the Souther liberal has to face. "The wolf is always at the door," Smith's wife joked. The family did not pay its phone bills for six months. The campaign ran on a tight $4,000 budget. "I refused to let it come out of the grocery bill," Mrs. Smith said. It didn't. The money trickled in from numerous friends...