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...radio preacher, Garner Ted Armstrong specializes in glib moralism and biblical analysis used to buttress his apocalyptic commentary on current events. On The World Tomorrow he claims to reach an audience of 30 million. Many of his listeners become contributors and converts to the show's never-mentioned sponsor, the Worldwide Church of God, which regards itself as the "True Church" re-established by the Deity in 1933 to prepare for the end of the world...
...advertising had existed two millenniums ago, Caesar would surely have endorsed chariots, Cleopatra barges and Cicero throat lozenges. It does exist today, and it offers about as easy money as celebrities can make, whether they be Catherine Deneuve purring for a perfume, James Garner clicking away for a camera company, or Joe Namath and Joe DiMaggio rustling something up in the kitchen. The right match of personality and product must pay off, since advertisers regularly provide the stars fees of $100,000 for a brief pitch and $1 million contracts for long-run identification are not unknown...
...When I went to college, the neighborhood was so rough that nobody graduated summs. Lemme read you my speech. See how much respect you lack for it. It's called "No Respect #19," and it's based on a routine which put me through college, although it didn't garner me much Respect, especially in light of the neighborhood and all. Stole the hubcaps off my mother-in-law, who was so old that she thought the mailman was just the Ford version of the Sedan de Ville...
Also this winter, the masters at Eliot, Kirkland and Winthrop Houses complained to the parking office about the number of cars parking on the grassy area near the three Houses. Garner says the masters called the area "an eyesore," because cars had driven over the grass leaving large ruts and muddy patches on rainy days...
...result, the Planning Office drew up a temporary solution--setting logs around the field to keep cars off the grass. Garner says this is "technically a temporary change which just keeps the cars off the field." He adds that the Planning Office has not yet drawn up a permanent plan, which might involve sinking curbstones or a similar type of barrier to keep cars off the grass...