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Those of us who served in Viet Nam may be fitter, but it is usually those who didn't go who have the jobs...
...they? That raises an interesting Darwinian problem: Which group is stronger; which is fitter? The young who demonstrated their moral energy?as well as their social clout, often enough?by avoiding the draft, by staying in college or heading across to Canada? Or the so-called suckers who got caught in the draft? (Were they stupid? Patriotic? Defenseless?) Those suckers passed through a physical and moral test that the others (however principled their refusal) will never know...
...since the first landing of men on the moon had the nation shown such enthusiastic interest in space. Teachers interrupted classes so youngsters could see the landing. Work in offices and factories virtually ceased. Hearing that Columbia was about to touch down, a fitter in a Manhattan men's shop dashed off to the nearest TV set, leaving a customer standing before a mirror all pinned up in an unfinished suit. The Atlanta Constitution's resident cartoonist, Baldy, showed a beaming Uncle Sam emerging out of the shuttle with his arms raised high like a victorious boxer...
...troubles have caused ugly social strains: citizens blame just about everybody in sight for the inflationary mess. "If anyone is at fault, it's the oil companies and other big business," says Detroit Housewife Eunice Leopold. A Beverly Hills surgical fitter who uses the professional name of Sally Ann sees the villains as "a combination of the unions and the farmers." Some even blame themselves. Says Oak Park, Mich., Housewife Marsha Avrushin: "People are to blame in part because they're greedy. They've got to have the bigger house, the extra car, the new refrigerator...
...Tigers once again got a lesson in the Law of the Jungle when the duo of Ferrante and St. Louis proved to be fitter than the Princeton defense. On a quick counter attack play, Ferrante fed a 25-ft. pass to St. Louis, who only took time to fake her way past a defenseman before bulleting the ball into...