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...poor grades," Rauschenberg remembers. He is still an execrable speller. In the fall of 1942 he enrolled in a pharmacy course at the University of Texas in Austin, but Rauschenberg's fondness for animals spoiled that vocation. "I was expelled within six months for refusing to dissect a live frog in anatomy class." By then, however, America was at war and Rauschenberg entered the U.S. Navy. He was shunted off to the Navy hospital-corps school in San Diego as a mental-hospital nurse. Rauschenberg
Such risks make the networks conservative. Though they can -and do-turn obscure actors like Henry Winkler into certified stars in four or five weeks, they are as reluctant to gamble on the untried as Nick the Greek would be to bet on a frog-jumping contest...
Such industry would probably not sit well were it not for Powell's strategic use of humor. When a former Georgia Governor called a press conference to denounce Carter, Powell countered, "Being called a liar by Lester Maddox is like being called ugly by a frog." When not home in Atlanta with his wife and nine-year-old daughter, Powell spends his free hours drinking (beer or bourbon) with reporters. Says Political Writer Richard Reeves: "Jody is genuinely good company. Carter...
...with dolls and trees. Fairy tales mirror these credences -but place them in perspective. Through the nerves the child learns that a kick at a door hurts the foot, not the door. Through the narratives a child understands that the supernatural belongs, in the words of the Grimms' Frog Prince, "in the old days, when wishing still helped." When actuality intrudes too abruptly upon the child's world, the price may be prohibitive. Argues Bettelheim: "Many young people, who today suddenly seek escape in drug-induced dreams, who apprentice themselves to some guru ... or who in some other...
...half-way mark, Harvard had again managed to pull even with Coast Guard. With 500 to go, the Crimson had a half-length lead. Tired of playing leap frog, the heavies rowed cautious and efficaciously toward the finish...