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...Hammer," I said, "you know how much I admired the speech you gave in front of the Student Union describing how Nixon looked with the blood of children dripping from his fangs. But Nixon is a busy man. He's the President of the United States. He has a lot of important people to hate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAMMER: A FOLK TALE | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

...Epstein had a file?" Hammer asked. "Epstein didn't even burn his draft card. Epstein is a moderate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAMMER: A FOLK TALE | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

...Hammer, it's not important," I said. "We're talking kazatsky here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAMMER: A FOLK TALE | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

...still refer to Hammer by his last name alone, at his request. He thinks it makes him sound more sinister. In the late '60s, when Hammer and all of his friends liked to think of themselves as dangerous, you could make him glow by calling him the Hammer, as in "Do you think the Hammer's phone is tapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAMMER: A FOLK TALE | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

Apparently it wasn't. Hammer was among the many Americans who had their self-image crushed by the Freedom of Information Act. In 1967 he requested his file, only to be informed that he didn't have an FBI file...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAMMER: A FOLK TALE | 7/8/1996 | See Source »

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