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Landry isn't too fond of quitters. "Why do people quit sports at Harvard? Because they're prima donnas. Freshmen here want no-cut contracts...
Staff Abrasive. Fond of mottoes, Johnson keeps handy a printed card that reads: "The only purpose for your activity is to get results." He has always followed that advice. A native lowan and Purdue University engineering graduate, Johnson worked as an assistant commissioner of health in New York City, where he learned firsthand about another environmental hazard: urban decay. His practical experience and accomplishments in New York made him a natural choice to head the environmental service after it was created in July...
...home, however, extreme overcrowding has led to an overpowering sense of "proper place." Individuality is not a quality sought by most Japanese; even artists usually belong to a group, submerging or sharing their identity. The Japanese are fond of saying that there...
...Middle East, where he insulted both Israelis and Arabs with cheerful impartiality (TIME, Feb. 2). the outspoken ex-Foreign Secretary refused to be intimidated by his audience. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, he declared, is "a tough politician-I love her very much. But I'm fond of Nasser, too. If you want peace, you have to like both peoples. The Jews are wrong to attack Nasser. I think he is an honest...
...rest, Black Muslims preached, is history: commerce, capitalism, expansion, colonialism, slavery. That cycle, they (and Fard) consolingly insisted, would soon come to an end. The black world, overcoming the white demons, would restore civilization to its pre-white peace and harmony. In a fond and perceptive preface to the autobiography, New York Times Correspondent M. S. Handler, who admired Malcolm X, called this kind of thing "sheer absurdity." Hostile critics have assumed that Malcolm X either didn't believe it, or if he did he was slightly cracked...