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...himself swooping in behind four fighter-bombers to pick up seven wounded Americans. Suddenly one of the escorting Skyraiders burst into flames from a ground hit, and its partners peeled away to protect it. All alone, Bloomquist's chopper-call sign "Dust-off 174"-touched down amid wither ing crossfire from Viet Cong .50-cal. machine guns. Bloomquist ordered his crew to load the wounded, calmly polished his sunglasses, then rotated out in a hail of tracers...
...prison chaplain, says Lutheran Minister William Currens, was until recently a man of no particular qualifications - "retired or having difficulty try ing to find a place where he wouldn't be noticed." Today, the men who minister behind bars constitute a highly trained, psychologically astute elite of the clergy...
...hand were former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, now describing himself as a "politician emeritus"; Los ing Presidential Nominees Tom Dewey, Dick Nixon and Barry Goldwater (the only other one still living, Alfred...
...obstacle to better college teach ing is the defensive notion that a teacher compromises his freedom if he allows anyone except students to enter his classroom and evaluate his perform ance. This sanctification of the class room not only cuts the teacher off from useful criticism but also gives adminis trators a handy excuse to argue that good teaching cannot be judged, and that therefore a teacher's rewards have to be based on his publications...
...support them in idle luxury. Usually, a few of the parasites cling to the fire ant queen by means of specially adapted mandibles that fit around her neck without hurting her. When a worker comes to feed her with regurgitated food, the parasites flut ter their antennae, apparently convey ing a compelling message that makes the worker feed the parasites instead of the queen...