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...Glory has become so ubiquitous and frequently so bewildering in its political, cultural, commercial, civic and patriotic implications that millions of American moderates are left simply regretting the loss of its earlier innocence. Some have decided, rather sadly, not to fly the flag these days lest it be misinterpreted. In this sense, there is a new group of silent Americans?the ones who feel that their flag has been expropriated by the right or by commercialism, but also feel no impulse to turn it into a shirt...
...Jerry makes sour wisecracks. Wayne bounces onto the stage singing Hello, My Baby, or some such wormy number. He then launches into saccharine favorites like Swanee, For Once in My Life and Kids, a patented anti-divorce song that, according to fan mail, has mended many a rending home. Lest the unsentimental throw up, naughty Jerry introduces some comic relief. "You're such a marvelous audience," Wayne coos, "I want to try something that we've never tried before." Jerry growls: "Who are you kidding? We do the same bloody thing every night." When Wayne slides into Danke...
...jailed by mistake in Austria, committed suicide in his cell. Zimmermann still thinks the record of hits more than outweighs the errors. But he has another problem of his own. The show has now been running long enough that several fugitives have served their terms and have been released. Lest they look for vengeance, Zimmermann has installed an extra door on his Mainz home, deployed a huge sentry dog and bought a Walther automatic pistol for his night table...
...Where they are held, speakers are adding jeremiads on ecology, race and war to the normal buoyant rhetoric of "challenge." At Oberlin College, graduates wore street dress, having donated their cap-and-gown fees to a city youth program. David and Julie Eisenhower are receiving their diplomas by mail lest dissenters disrupt their graduations at Amherst and Smith...
...Whitney Museum, Jewish Museum, and more than 50 galleries were closed. When the Metropolitan refused to shut its doors, some 150 strike participants staged a sit-out on the front steps. The Guggenheim Museum remained open, but stripped its paintings from the walls, and shrouded its sculpture lest they be damaged...