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...that he has the nomination almost in his grasp, McGovern has fuzzed much of his original arithmetic. But one thing is clear: in tone and direction, his program is a design for the most basic change in the nation's economy, and indeed its whole society, since the New Deal of Franklin Roosevelt...
...Browning's famous terms ?only grasp. Under the guise of eschewing hypocrisy, they actively pursue the materialistic values of the affluent society?without any twinge of conscience to suggest there might be something more...
...Logos, people grasp for symbols of personal identify and some form of order for their lives. Several are pathetically familiar. One health-faddist coed wears a button proclaiming "CARROTS:" a liberal professor nervously skitters around the barren campus with an armband that reads "TREES." A studious team-mate of Gary's furiously memorizes the words to a long poem in a language he doesn't understand, for a course in "The Untellable." ("Knowledge of German was a prerequisite for being refused admission...
...with an 18-in. or larger screen. One of twelve translucent overlays that simulate "playing fields," complete with figures of players, is taped to the screen. A circuit card that conjures up from one to three light squares is inserted into the master unit. The squares appear, the players grasp the knobs on their control units, and the game...
...exerting their influence upon those organs of the government which employ think tanks, mostly within the executive branch, citizens can grasp--feebly but surely--the strings of power that blow in bureaucratic winds. The Pentagon Papers was a beginning. The press has a responsibility to seek out and then inform the public of abuses within the decision-making process of the government. Then, through the force of popular opinion and at the polls, Americans can accept or reject the government's and in particular the think tanks, course of action, or, as with Vietnam, refuse to participate in implementation...