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...nineteenth century, tired of children, is gone They've all gone into a world of light; the farm's my own . . . Grandpa! Have me, hold me, cherish me! Tears smut my fingers...
...established nation like Nigeria and Ghana. The narrator was a Harlem militiaman in the days of derring-do, but now he is full of "Well, honey's" and "byembys." The children at his knee are snotty little know-it-alls with African nationalist names: Jomo, Sekou, Mboya. But "Grandpa" fascinates them with stories of how Harlemites resisted all threats and blandishments, how they were impervious even to Radio Free Harlem, over which "Washington, D.C., Rose" seductively urged them to return to the comforts, clean suits and warm apartments of the Privileged People. Harlem's early heroes were...
...Despite dark suspicions that "certain professors are intimidated by my name," he nevertheless flunked Latin, pulled through on the strength of his French and history, which surprised few of his fellow students, among whom he is already famous for his imitations of Grandpa. "I am a Gaullist," he explains, grandly. "But if I were in Grandfather's place, I would be much more intransigent...
...fault of the welfare state. The statistics are murky and conflicting. True, mating habits in rural Scandinavia may differ from accepted norms in Syracuse or Sacramento. This probably has more to do with rural isolation and the long winter months than with such newfangled ideas as pensions for Grandpa or socialized playpens. In any case, from Oslo to Stockholm to Copenhagen, no one seems to mind all that much. Busily building prosperity for all, Scandinavia has in large part become a place, as Denmark's Poet-Bishop N. F. S. Grundtvig foresaw a century ago, "Where few have...
...Like Grandpa. All over the country, Allied is largely a middleman between companies that need maintenance help and the many unions that supply it; at the Fair alone, it deals with 35 unions. The company has been filling this unique need for three generations. It was started in 1888 by Danish Immigrant David Fraad, who contracted with the Pennsylvania Railroad to clean and fill lamps at its Jersey City terminal. Later, he and his four sons branched out, began cleaning offices, stores and the mansions of the Pricks, Rockefellers and Astors...