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...years of The Movement, before it was necessary to retreat to Vermont or join the Weathermen. Mungo seems to be an individual with a talent for riding the crest of his time, just far enough ahead of everybody to have fun and make trouble, and just canny enough to forego the martyrdom of regimentation or incarceration. "I seldom try to convince anybody of anything (except perhaps in print), cause if they don't already know, I figure I can't tell 'em. If it isn't happening to you right now, I can't save you, brother," he writes...
...Then lap it all up with your tongue. He'll wriggle with delight and you'll have the fun of an extra dessert. If you have a weight problem, use one of the many artificial whipped creams on the market (available in boxes, plastic containers and aerosol cans) and forego the coconut and chocolate...
...difficult circumstances of Russia at war, it was inevitable that Lenin would forego this gradualism and do what he wanted with a maximum of dispatch. The harshness and momentary brutality of centralism did prove necessary to defeat the Whites. In a country that had always been far from rich, it seemed fairly impossible to allow local autonomy in the distribution of material resources and still succeed in drawing the whole nation together. By and large, the Soviet citizenry acknowledged the need, if not the desirability, of centralism at the time of the civil...
...fourth demand is also inherently directed against the University. At the first mass meeting, we overwhelmingly concluded that Harvard employees should have the right to forego their work to put forward whatever polities they choose. Realizing that the majority of workers were financially shackled to their jobs, we demanded that they be paid without reprisals while they chose to strike. In case after case, from top administrators down to individual supervisors, the employers, who know better than we about their workers' dependency have thwarted this demand. But after the issue of grades was relieved by way of a shaky compromise...
John Levin, Rocky Jarvis and Terry Oxford, who occupied the first three positions on the ladder last year, have all graduated. And the fourth man, senior Larry Terrell has decided to forego the sport this season. That leaves only juniors Bill Washauer and Chris Nielsen and a rusty Joe Cavanagh as experienced performers, and presents coach Jack Barnaby with a considerable patching job next week, when the Crimson goes South for seasoning...