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...high pitched roar of the Formula Super V cars (1/2 as powerful as the Ones) screaming around the course like a thousand giant bees. Out of the acres of parked campers appear the thousands of families in this record crowd of 105,000. Under the hot sun they flock dutifully to the trackside, a mere 100 feet from where we are camped. The day's first six-packs of beer are being opened. The infield, littered with dead campfires, is fast filling to capacity. Suddenly all is quiet. The cars have finished their heat...
...Church gathered all its parochial schools together to stage a demonstration in the center of town: thousands of Catholic high school students in their blue uniforms chanting political slogans in pre-pubescent tones behind stone-faced priests robed in black, each looking like a latter day Moses with his flock. Although the demonstration was a serious protest to the government's stated intention of abolishing all parochial education, the men on the street corners seemed more concerned with the passing rows of bumping teen-age backsides than with any political message their backsides than with any political message their owners...
Administrators and colleagues pose problems for blacks, but minority students also seem to flock to the black administrator. Walter Leonard sums up the issue when he says, "Black students expect us to be one or more or all of these things: friends, guidance counselors, academic advisers, job references, mentors, spokesmen, companions, clergymen, clerks, as well as boosters in times of trouble, and congratulators in times of success...
When Richard Lamm came to live in Colorado in 1961, he spotted a flock of geese a few feet inside the state border. He stopped his car, stepped out, drank in the unspoiled scenery and told himself, "This is the place." Ever since, he has tried to keep Colorado the way he found it-a battle for the environment that spurred his political rise and carried him into this year's gubernatorial race. In a victory that showed a majority of Coloradans share his concern, he defeated the popular incumbent, John Vanderhoof, by 441,144 votes...
...could make up for some lost business by building more buses and other forms of mass transit. If people stayed at home more, there would be a surge in many types of goods, from TV sets to parlor games; although people might avoid long-distance trips, they might well flock to closer resorts and motels. If people drove less, it would be logical to give gasoline a lower weighting in the CPI, thus reducing the impact of a gas tax on wage escalations...