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...been made commander of the 500-member Air Force ROTC wing at Ohio State University. Most of Colonel Orkins' subordinates are men, which could cause a protocol problem for the 22-year-old biology major on Saturday nights. ("May I have this dance, sir-I mean madam?") Luckily her fiance attends another university and hence is outside her control, militarily speaking. They intend to marry this year-after she receives her Air Force commission...
...ancestors were wiser. A young man would take a girl out, give her the bit with flowers and candy and dinner dates and dances, kiss her good night, then go to a whorehouse. In a whorehouse he was fairly safe. It was run by a madam, not a pimp. He wouldn't be robbed, and he wouldn't be likely to get syphilis, for the madam would want to keep up the reputation of her house...
...running patrols for? Or searching for? We want to fight." Instead of seeing Viet Cong, his men had to deal mainly with prostitutes seeking business, and swarms of kids selling Cokes and offering to do the G.I.s' laundry. Calley tells of making shy love to a young madam and then trying to dis cuss political philosophy with her: "Susie had never heard of Communism or democracy." If he explained the difference, Calley thought, and she said that she preferred Communism, "What am I to do? Kill her? Capture her? Because if she is a Communist, that's what...
...tear gas, then led his men in disciplined ranks down Constitution Avenue behind the fleeing protesters. Later, after Wilson used his bullhorn to order an unruly crowd from DuPont Circle, a middle-aged woman who lived near by asked why he did not use more force. Said Wilson: "Madam, before I answer your question, let me ask you one: Are you prepared to be arrested? I just ordered this area cleared." The woman scuttled...
...pool in substantially the same form, then it must be true. As night descends over the exquisite spires and curved roofs of the city, prostitutes aboard pedicabs come silently out of the shadows like butterflies beckoning for attention. The bars close early and the streets are soon deserted. At Madam Chum's, a few bleary-eyed Westerners smoke away their despair for 600 per pipe of opium. Geckos croak in the darkness. The city is silent. What is going...