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...grew louder with the Swedish announcement that their investigators had become certain that uranium 238 was aboard the sub, leading to the accusation that it probably carried nuclear weapons. To the Swedish charge, the Soviets replied only that the vessel carried the "necessary weapons and ammunition...
...mentions the flood of constitutents who write asking for her help--like the young woman who must leave her mother to the care of a nursing home, because she can't afford to keep her in her own house. As Fenwick's voice gets louder and more desperate describing the predicament, it seems that the Congresswoman has never really accepted the unfairness of life. She tackles the problems just as they come to her, one by one, trying to correct one injustice before moving on to the next. Only, as she says, "There just isn't enough time...
Actions like those tend to speak louder than words, and the K-School should continue its efforts to increase its responsiveness to real human needs, not potential donors' fancies. But as a first step, it should loudly reaffirm its commitment to maintaining the identification with Kennedy, in name and spirit...
...rallied around rock 'n' roll, and the Beatles and the Stones and the Who and countless others churned out anthems for the under-thirty. Rock music soon became the symbol of everything the Establishment--businessmen, police, university faculties and administrations--hated, and the rock 'n' roll kids played on louder than ever and hated the Establishment right back...
...light of campfires flickering beneath the towering dark trees, a harmonica plays a mournful country-and-western air and young voices hum along. Guitars and a drum join in, changing the melody. "The corn is as high as an elephant's eye," the Scouts sing, none louder than a large contingent from Oklahoma. Their voices seem to reach the tops of the trees. If there are doubts about the move away from city Scouting, they pass into the night. "Sure, kids today are different," says Scoutmaster Arthur Ferraro, 64, of Westerly, R.I. "But you get them...