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...power and modernity of the American culture. The artists perceived the United States as an industrial mecca and a military power within which men are mecanical, corrupt, and agressive. This view was supported by the writings of the "muckrakers" and the untamed violence of the "Wild West" lore...
Lampoon "Humor" Department: The not-so-funny phools down the road from 14 Plympton St. have never been too fond of the city-planted tree in front of their castle-like abode. In fact, Harvard lore has it that the poonsters have been trying to kill off the hapless arbor for many a year. But former Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci, never one to be bested by third-rate humorists, has turned the tables yet again by designating the structure which once housed Elmer W. Green as "Freedom Square." The freedom-loving capitalist Malcolm Forbes would be proud. Members...
...ambiance soon attracted a freewheeling constellation of characters that included fellow writer Richard Brautigan, actor Peter Fonda, painter Russell Chatham and director Sam Peckinpah. Before long, stories started coming out of the valley, ribald tales of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that have become part of the local lore...
...offer some new Crimson lore...
Ever since Charlie Chaplin battled a rambunctious Murphy bed, the fold-up sleeper has been an American icon. In New York City last week, a federal appeals court showed just how firmly the name is embedded in popular lore when it ruled that "Murphy bed" has become a generic term and therefore is not subject to trademark protection...