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...style. "He was a great storyteller and a great guy with the dolls," says Fred. "He didn't drown, as John has Leander doing in the book. He died sitting in a wing chair with a cup of tea by his side. We think he may have had a girl there with...
Then, in the hospital where he peddles toothpaste and Cokes for the druggist, he meets a mad Jewish orderly named Sammy. Reason or reasons do not seem to exist for Sammy. His role is to drown the rationalist Angelo in humanity, and he rants outrageous anecdotes proving that the perversity and saintliness of the human swarm are inextricably intertwined. In the hospital Sammy is seen acting out his mad parables, caring lovingly for the dying, and hooking complaining patients on the morphine he steals and peddles...
...industry. They can spend up to $480 for a hospital-type bed that cranks up at head and knees, down at the buttocks and feet. For $69.95 they get a gadget, the size of a table radio, that makes white noise-"a scientific blend of all sounds"-to drown out intruding racket. Other machines swish like the restless sea, or, in midwinter, hum like summer's air conditioner. There is a whole catalogue of ear plugs, His and Her reading lights, even a togetherness cigarette holder so that two can smoke...
...spite of the consideration due the circumstances under which it was written, I must protest Martin Luther King's statement, "But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim...
...when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick, brutalize and even kill your black brothers and sisters; when you suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six-year-old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her little eyes when she is told that "Funtown" is closed to colored children...