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...himself the creature would hardly have been a match for a hippo or any other large animal he might have encountered. Scarcely 5 ft. tall, he probably weighed no more than 120 lbs. Yet he did show promise. Most anthropologists now regard Homo erectus (literally, erect man) as modern man's immediate ancestor...
...cars gather around the trailer giving it some clubishness. I imagine its members as reckless romantics, with hearts that pump them out of planes, with a love for life so great that they're dying to risk it. But they slowly roll out of their cars, struggle to stand erect and stretch and scratch their heads, stomachs or buttocks. They yawn and speak of last night, of all that beer. A paunchy man, dressed in blue jeans and a dirty white sweat shirt ambles towards us. "You here to jump?" A moment of silence. "Well my, my name is Pete...
...involve free speech. One of the great unreported stories of the past 30 years is the steady erosion of individual rights that is turning us into a different kind of country. If we put a floor under wages and a ceiling over prices, a free man cannot long stand erect. Someone has to make it clear that the collision course between Government price and wage controls and personal liberty is inevitable because, in the end, Government allocation of economic resources requires force." So, he continues, when considering any form of price and wage restrictions, the question should not be "Will...
These were stores which sold things like love beads and candles and dayglo posters, and of them all, only The Truc stands erect. Legend and lore tells us these small businesses were merchandisers of "the movement," run by classy entrepeneurs who saw a gold mine in the nation's dissident youth...
...hour a day for the past 20 years talking to his analyst about his problems. It shows. From the low-key beginning--with Allen's voice dubbed over panoramas of the New York skyline--to the emotional crises towards the end, Manhattan is a movie of words. Its characters erect their troubles out loud, and try to tear them down in conversation...