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...Give 'em while they can smell 'em. --A SIGN IN A FLORIST-SHOP WINDOW During the '70s Ken Babbs and I put out a little homegrown periodical called Spit in the Ocean. The idea was to have a different editor for each issue and let them call the deal. Dr. Timothy Leary had agreed to do an issue from his San Diego prison cell. I guess we expected some kind of bleak, jailhouse blues--but no: Doc writes to inform us that the theme for his issue will be "Communication with Higher Intelligence"--an ambitious aim even from atop...
...dumb struck, Dr. Leary laughs and says, "I certainly don't hold it against her. She likes this espionage action. It gets her off. Who am I, of all people, to put down somebody else's turn-on?" And that's my little flower for Tim. Give 'em while they can smell 'em...
...numbers in winter would mean little come fall. Morris, however, believes softening up the electorate early makes it easier to win the votes back in November. "You go for people when you can get them, when they're listening," agrees Stephanopoulos. "And then you just try to hold onto 'em...
...batting average in 1897, Willie Keeler's advice to aspiring batters was to "hit 'em where they ain't". That's exactly what the Crimson women's softball team has had trouble doing recently...
Daniels is unimpressed. "That's capitalism, isn't it?" he says. "If people lose more than they expected, it's because they were greedy." Grey homes in on gambling addiction and related suicides. "Casinos welcome 'em in, milk 'em dry and throw 'em onto the street," he says. But few of the talk show's callers are converted. "A lot of people have casino jobs and are better off," says Candy. Denise agrees: "It's safe, clean entertainment, and tourists love...