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Generally ignored in the inexorable grind of official partying were the scattered and quiet protests against the war and presumably against the President. Friday night, while the strains of three concerts filled the air at the Kennedy
What do we actually get out of all this hard daily, weekly, monthly grind? We get a casual reference while candidates to the fact that we are "trying for the Crimson:" we get a slightly less casual reference while editors to the fact that we are "with the Crime." If, by applying ourselves, we rise to an official position on our paper, we get a reference (not casual) to the fact that we "are trying to run the College: just who do they think they are!" Finally, if by combining talent and hard work we become...
Last month Bob Erlam, publisher of the Whitehorse Star (whose mock-Latin motto is "Illegitimi non carborundum" or "Don't let the bastards grind you down"), decided that it was time to curb Valerie's ticketing. His solution: the deployment of an "antimeter maid" who would make the same circuit as Valerie, and feed almost expired meters with nickels instead of issuing tickets. Her wages (about $90 a week) and expenses would be paid by Erlam, Hougen's Ltd., a downtown department store, and contributions received from grateful nonticketed motorists...
...personal life: marriage, security, and satisfaction. They are successful in that they have achieved an alternative life style to that which so many recent college graduates find abhorrent. They work four nights a week at something which gives them great satisfaction and enjoyment, rather than the nine to five grind which claims so many veterans of higher education. The house is a home stocked with love and companionship a haven for countless friends and children of the neighborhood, a small community whose population is impossible to estimate. Behind this joy lurking in the paradise, is the real possibility of making...
Spike and Mary Lou sidled closer. "Workin' in the fillin' station.... too many tasks... check the tires... check the oil... wash the windows... Dollar gas... too much monkey business... too much monkey business." It was time for bump and grind. Bump at the elbow. Bump and grind at the hip. The band speeded up. The crowd licked their lips, joined the action, sipped more beer. It was Mary Lou and Spike all alone, center stage. Bump, Bump, Bump. And grind. "Too much monkey business...