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...what was then Massachusetts's Third Congressional District Running on the wave of 1970's Kent State Cambodia uprisings. Drinan's issue was the war, and beyond that support for the administration. Philbin the second ranking Democrat on Mendel Rivers's House Armed Services Committee was a long-time hawk and administration supporter, Drinan wasn...
...Guilds that year-round practice medieval arts and crafts: calligraphy, armoring, needlepoint, medieval dance, heraldry and the brewing of mead, a potent alcoholic beverage fermented from honey. All the skills come together at tournaments-staged several times a year by the society's four "kingdoms" -where the guildists hawk medieval wares, including such products as "dragon's blood," a fine powder used in magic potions...
Used Shoelaces. The winding back alleys of Khanh Hoi in Saigon used to be relatively quiet during the day; the men were working on the docks, and the women were tending to household chores. Now the area is bustling. Women try to sell nuts and fruits, children hawk secondhand shoelaces, and the men are not likely to find more than two days' work a week. Some farmers have been hit just as hard. The threat of Communist attack-and of American bombs in counterattack-has kept thousands of them from tending their rice fields...
BRATTLE THEATER. The Searchers, one of John Ford's finest westerns, is doubled with Howard Hawk's Rio Bravo, which some love, others hate, and I haven't seen. Ford plays at 5:30 and 9:50, and 7:30 with a weekend matinee...
There is no particular reason why the components of this book should complement each other. Some of the articles were written by author who would be called a hawk while others, such as "Murder in Laos," were written by a dovish individual. Some of them were written by a Pentagon insider and directed toward fellow insiders; one is transcribed testimony given before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; while another is a speech delivered before a church group. Written for different audiences and by a individual with changing attitudes, the pieces are a very mixed, and rather unpolished...