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...Flowers, 19, was suffocated when a 5-ft.-deep mock grave in which he was lying collapsed. At Georgetown University, a fraternity pledge was hospitalized, according to campus rumor, after he was forced to chug-a-lug glass after glass of "purple Jesus," a potent mix of vodka, rum, grape, orange and lemon juices...
...meant as retaliation, but how else can the Agassiz Community interpret the timing, the failure to notify the community in advance, and the brutal nature of the razing which left as an eyesore what was the most attractive garden in the area. The blackberry bushes, the raspberry bushes, the grape vines, the flowering vines, the pear tree--all have been flattened in an apparent scorched earth approach community relations and urban planning...
...what her father does, and she pauses before saying, with a hint of sarcasm, "He's a log-cutter. And a grape-grower." Then she seems to wait for you to laugh...
...announces that the nation's 38 per cent unemployment rate is "rather serious." "If you went to Yale College in New Haven, Conn., then you might have to worry about a job," Bok continues, "but here at Harvard you have nothing to worry about." A million garment workers, grape pickers, bank tellers, and Yale alumnus Charles U. Daly, vice-president for Government and Community Affairs, are laid off. "Bulldog, bulldog, bow, wow, wow," Bok chuckles...
...less global note, there are a few indicators of economic optimism. Nature may not have been land to farm crops, but she has smiled upon vintners; this year's grape harvest in France and California will be more bountiful and cheaper than its predecessors. A number of food chains have vowed not to raise prices through the end of the year. The out-of-sight costs of materials and labor have had some hidden benefits. Millions have become craftsmen; the arcana of carpentry, plumbing and auto repair have been revealed to those who once thought they possessed ten thumbs...