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...Hail of Bullets. The V.C. commander then fired from close range at another wounded correspondent lying on the ground; by then, all but Palmos had been killed. When the V.C. lowered their guns, Palmos leaped to his feet and sprinted away. "There was tremendous surprise and anger on their faces. They started firing, but they weren't very good shots. They hit a sign, they hit a post, they hit my shirt, but they didn't hit me." He ducked into a line of refugees and managed to elude his pursuers...
...contender should stay out of my sight. I am the kiss of death. Last year I had two pre-Derby sure things. One, Dr. Isby, came in from California with the best jockey in Derby history, finished eleventh, and has not been heard from since. The other, Reason to Hail, managed a fourth-place finish, struggled nobly through the other Triple Crown events, and died prematurely before his fourth birthday...
...hotter earth that could melt the polar icecaps, raise oceans as much as 400 ft., and drown many cities. Still other scientists forecast a colder earth (the recent trend) because man is blocking sunlight with ever more dust, smog and jet contrails. The cold promises more rain and hail, even a possible cut in world food. Whatever the theories may be, it is an established fact that three poisons now flood the landscapes: smog, pesticides, nuclear fallout...
Ardent supporters of the Report hail it as a crucial landmark. "In a way it's like Uncle Tom's Cabin," said Abram J. Chayes '43, professor of Law, who is largely responsible for the Report's chapter on the mass media. "It poses the issue in a way which can never be ignored again. The importance of this report is that it is directed not toward the President but to the public conscience," Chayes added...
...1960s, several young artists -most notably Andy Warhol and California's Bruce Conner - have abandoned the paint tube for the film can, leading their fans to hail the underground cinema as the birth of "a new art form." Rebirth would be more like it. The first artists to experiment with film were the Dadaists and surrealists in the 1920s, including Duchamp and Man Ray. The most inventive of the lot was a film maker who, as an artist, is all but unknown...