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...think we are beginning to see that Mr. McGovern's trumpet of a new way of life and thinking in America is just another hollow blast. If one looks closely enough, I think one can see his credibility gapping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 28, 1972 | 8/28/1972 | See Source »

...hate-filled hollow, the vast crevasse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Winning Poem | 8/22/1972 | See Source »

Chicago Project's interjection of Western humor is partly successful, but too many lines drop flat; they depend on word play and completely skim over any meaning. It strikes one as hollow, callous, and unfeeling to continually place religion and ancient divine myths in a jazzed up context, ignoring any of their intrinsic significance. Stripped of sentiment and understanding, the jokes--and the play--remain barren...

Author: By Martha Stewart, | Title: Sound of No Hands Clapping | 8/11/1972 | See Source »

Princeton Shirt. The Bogside Provo headquarters is in a narrow lane near the gasworks, reachable via the one un-barricaded road from the city. When I arrived a few minutes after the shooting, a youth with shaggy hair, hollow cheeks and a euphoric look lay slumped and panting on a rickety old couch. A poster on the wall proclaimed END BRITISH TERROR and showed a Union Jack dripping blood on a skull and crossbones. A small table was piled with ammo clips, a Sten gun and World War II carbines. Young men, few of them above high school age, kept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The War of the Flea | 7/31/1972 | See Source »

...human interaction. Slickly written, carefully strung together, Report to the Commissioner skirts the obvious and pivots on the unexpected; in the best tradition of detective stories, it leads the reader warily around blind corners and draws out each moment of uncertainty. And while Mills succumbs to some superficial, even hollow, characterizations, he succeeds in sketching a harrowing picture of a big-city police department and the people and jealousies which give that picture substance...

Author: By Robert Decherd, | Title: Report to the Commissioner | 7/28/1972 | See Source »

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