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...Laos that might prove to be painful and prolonged. But missing were the verbal and psychological accompaniments of the cold war crises of the '50s: the apprehension that the scales of power might be about to tip against the West, the warnings that a climactic showdown might loom ahead...
...America, Gold often makes fun of the grotesques-con men, carnival barkers, sleazy hotel managers-who are his favorite characters. But he never treats them as victims of society. Their small limbo worlds take on the likeness of the great world; their cowardice, their courage, their need for love loom as vast as anybody...
...retraining program, intellectually and financially capable of defining the skills needed in tomorrow's economic structure, and of reorienting men and women toward these skills. (Here several questions loom: given the failure of pilot projects, it becomes clear that sufficient retraining will cost billions of dollars. What would be the acceptable cost-per-worker of retraining? Beyond what age should displaced workers not be retrained? And, most important, from where is the money going to come if worker-retraining is given real priority...
...rebuild this city." he says, and he has gone a fair way during his eight years as mayor. Under Daley, Chicago has a new rhythm as exciting as any in the city's lusty past. A new façade is rising in steel and zeal. New buildings loom high against the slate-grey winter waters of Lake Michigan. Bulldozers cut great swaths through slums; in their wake thousands of new dwellings are being planted. New classrooms keep pace with the growing school population, new expressways crosshatch the megalopolis, manufacturing and income are steadily climbing. Chicago-once described...
...once again the dreadsome time arrives, when large her shadows loom upon the boards, obliterating that refined discretion that nooses up the purse the year around (of charity, the ghost alone remains). Ring the curtain down, before the fatuous seduction makes her bow; down...