Word: ets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...apologize for responding so promptly to your Essay "The Fine Art of Putting Things Off." One reality that must be propounded is that only those of us loners (freelance writers, artists, commission salesmen, et al.) are entitled to claim it as an art or skill. For us, risk is involved. We gamble our livelihood against losing work or sales. For people on a salary, it is simply called dishonesty...
...Ellison received the Medal of Freedom--the nation's highest civilian honor--from President Johnson. He has collected a number of other honoraria, including the Chevalier de l'Ordre Arts et Letters of France, honorary degrees from eight institutions, and several fellowships...
There was remarkably little disagreement among the Supreme Court Justices in making their decision to grant Jaworski's petition (entitled United States of America v. Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, et al.) to take immediate jurisdiction over the tapes case. Written briefs are to be filed by June 21 and arguments will be given on July 8. A decision would presumably be rendered a week or two later...
...holder of a master's degree in biochemistry, Davis contended that improper diet is the cause of a broad gamut of diseases as well as such social afflictions as crime, mental illness and drug abuse. In four bestselling volumes (Let's Eat Right to Keep Fit, et al.), she urged readers to shun refined grains and packaged foods, eat organically grown fruits and vegetables, unprocessed cheese and fertilized eggs, and take large doses of vitamins as a chaser. She came under fire from scientific critics who often agreed with her nutritional dicta but felt she oversimplified the etiology...
...Princetonians are not alone in their disenchantment with campus changes. At Yale a group of alumni and students have formed Lux et Veritas...