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...power symbol. To many it has a sexual connotation. Perhaps in the twiddling of knobs there may be a masturbatory equivalent. Certainly the ability to take control of a situation relieves anxiety, and what control is given to the manipulator of a hi-fi apparatus when with the flick of a wrist he may attenuate his treble, emphasize his bass, turn down the volume to a whisper, or blast the neighbors with a Niagara of sound...
Grass & Insecticide. To Westerners, the process sometimes seems as brutal as it is effective. Suspects are encouraged to talk by a rifle fired just past the ear from behind while they are sitting on the edge of an open grave, or by a swift, cheekbone-shattering flick of a Korean's bare hand. (Every Korean soldier from Commanding General Chae Myung Shin on down practices for 30 minutes each day tae kwon do, the Korean version of karate.) Once, when the mutilated body of a Korean soldier was found in a Viet Cong-sympathizing village, the Koreans tracked down...
...boys were riding on the MTA at the time -- on their way to Washington Street to catch a skin flick. So enthralled were they with the beauty of their class's numerals that they rode all the way to Shawmut -- and scored a Hoboken on the Geistgauge...
...jolt passengers at higher speeds, Aerojet is planning to add wheels to the vehicle. With wheels, a child will be able to roll around floors and sidewalks at 2½-m.p.h. - a normal walking pace. When he comes to a curb or a rut-filled field, he will flick a switch, lower the tucked-up legs, and walk across the obstacle on limbs of steel...
...mounts a demented reign of terror. He responds to an attempted assassination by blowing up a city of 600,000. Weary of ruling, he orders an entire island evacuated and a colossal pleasure palace built there, in which the walls spout frosted-drink faucets, and his bed, at the flick of a button, will glide off to the bathroom...