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...first term, Schlesinger was in prep school (Phillips Exeter Academy"), and today he writes of the New Deal with the nostalgia usually found in men who have narrowly missed a famous war. Schlesinger. now 41. sentimentally evokes memories that could not possibly be his own: "The interminable meetings, the litter of cigarette stubs, the hasty sandwich at the desk . . . the call from the White House, the postponed dinner, the neglected wife, the office lights burning late into the night, the lilacs hanging in fragrance above Georgetown gardens while men rebuilt the nation over long drinks...
...York last week only one spot greeted the newspaper strike with understandable equanimity: the Sanitation Department. Reported Commissioner Paul R. Screvane: "Litter collections...
...delegates were agreed on the diagnosis, but differed on the causes. Conference Vice President John Gibbs blamed the often deplorable state of Methodist churches-"unloved places" with litter at the door, peeling paint on the windows, sturdy weeds shooting out of the rainwater gutters. But most blamed the prevailing British mood of "humble" non-positivism...
...Litter Bugs. But the moon would never be the same again. Since it has no atmosphere to limit the motion of small particles, the radioactive residue from the explosion would be carried all over the lunar surface. When earth's scientists finally land on the moon, they would not be able to distinguish between its natural radioactivity, perhaps including material formed by cosmic rays hitting the airless surface, and the nuclear litter scattered by earth's vandals...
...named Djamila Bouhired sprawled in the narrow street, with a bullet wound in the shoulder. In her possession were various F.L.N. documents linking her to Yacef Saadi, the rebel "Captain of Algiers," who had been terrorizing the city with a rash of bombs planted in cafes, milk bars, and litter baskets...