Word: hell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...scenario writes itself in blood and irony: guards scrutinize the passengers. No hostile eyes are present; only travel-stained faces stare back. Then hell erupts. In an Israeli airport, from a French plane, Japanese terrorists gun down Puerto Rican pilgrims (see THE WORLD). The mind is dizzied, repelled-and outraged. We were never promised a rose garden, but neither were we threatened with bedlam...
...Season in Hell, Rimbaud...
...welcoming them in big, bold letters on the marquee that adorns the towering sign at almost every Holiday Inn; WELCOME CICERO ELKS and similar greetings have become familiar sights. Says Wilson, who has a natural flair for crowd-pleasing showmanship: "People love to see their names on a billboard. Hell, they even come out and take pictures of it." Often the signs carry catchy, outrageously corny messages taken from a company book of sayings...
There is little hostility to the Humphrey campaign. Occasionally a jovial supporter will cry out "Give 'em hell, Hubert!" particularly when Humphrey compares himself with Harry Truman. Sometimes a few young people show up at Humphrey rallies carrying McGovern banners. They usually kibitz, with shouts of "What about the war, Humphrey?" But Humphrey has a thick skin. Always the tireless campaigner, he usually tries to pump every hand in sight. At a Chicano rally in East Los Angeles, he vigorously attempted to shake hands with members of the band -while they were still in the process of playing...
...wrench into Ford's results. Earlier the company had quietly withdrawn its application for engine approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, and last week it announced that four testing employees were being "reassigned." Growled an angry Henry Ford II: "It is fair to say we are in one hell of a lot of trouble...