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...combat with the N.R.A. was occasioned by The Guns of Autumn, a documentary that purported to describe hunting in America. In 90 minutes, Director-Writer Irv Drasnin, a journalist for 15 years but not a hunter, compiled carnage upon atrocity. Black bears were slaughtered at a Michigan garbage dump by tourists with rifles. A gang of rednecks with the latest electronic gear treed a bear, then watched hounds rip it apart. Explained the pack's leader: "We feel that they deserve a chew." A pert stewardess plunked down $500 to "harvest" her first buffalo; then she pointed...
...almost anyone after a few minutes of conversation. Her post in the Johnson Administration, which gave her access to enough intimate details of the president's life to put together a psychobiography, came quite unexpectedly, shortly after she co-authored an article for The New Republic on how to dump Johnson...
...only visible hints of potential danger are the hunting knives that some of the women wear on their hips. They finance themselves with welfare and food stamps; one member until recently was garnering simultaneous welfare benefits under three names. They make regular "dump runs" to the rear of markets to scavenge for edibles. LSD may still be indulged in but the main trip now is marijuana...
...survey found more discontent among veteran Democrats than among the 75 freshmen (54% of the veterans v. 49% of the freshmen were dissatisfied). But the senior members have tended to support the leadership in public, while the first-termers have voiced their complaints and even talked of trying to dump Albert as Speaker-a move that would doubtless fail...
...drastically raising rates. For example, the average annual premiums for high-risk specialists in California soared from $5,377 to $22,704. But the worst was still to come. This spring Argonaut and other companies sought yet another round of increases in some states and announced plans to dump malpractice coverage entirely in others...