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Public ignorance of the scale (and sometimes of the existence) of the conflict testifies to the tremendous power of the mass media in determining the importance and relevance of news items. A tornado in Kansas or flood in South Carolina attracts reporters from everywhere; every exasperating item of the disaster is detailed, every reaction of the survivors chronicled, every political angle scrutinized...
...bony shoulder, Yasenak flips on a lamp and leans over his desk from the front, pulling out a file card as he says, "Sure, uh-huh-what time do you get home from work?" Within 90 seconds, tops, Yasenak has the youngster agreeing to take a 334-item aptitude test. "A little old gray-haired lady administers it," the sergeant says, "and you'll be asked questions about all kinds of strange things...
Although some incidents of failed negotiations occurred when the store owner knew English or when someone because so caught in the negotiations procedure that they purchased an item they actually did not want to buy bazaars provided an interesting opportunity to apply skills learned in class...
...inspect or take apart anything you want on a computer. You will be able to simulate a journey on the space shuttle or a trip to Paris. You will not just be able to shop from home, you will be able to look through a catalogue, take an item and then inspect it from different angles and really take it apart...
Some day, possibly, the American racial odyssey will end, and racial hatred, like the oar, will be an item of bafflement and curiosity: What was the point of all that, anyway? Why was it so fierce, so enduring...