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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Falangists greeted the appointments angrily. Shouting "Falange, si. Opus Dei, no!", they demonstrated through Madrid's streets last week. Other Spaniards pointed out that the appointments by no means indicate a shift to a less dictatorial Spain. Said one Madrileňo, who belongs to the order himself: "This means an economic opening up to Europe, but it does not necessarily mean liberalism at home. There is not one man on the list you could call even moderately left...
...thousand Americans a day become Californians. They come West with high expectations that the wealth, the welcoming land, the easy ambience, the astonishing diversity of opportunity will all provide something far different from the dull sublunary routine of most mortals. To many of them, indeed, the new setting does mean an end to the grim struggle for existence, the beginning of a life that frees emotional energies for the pursuit of self...
...editorial matter, let us quote Brooklyn-born but much-traveled Guccione again: "What Americans think is kinky is right on target in Britain." This doesn't mean we'll run as much sadomasochistic stuff here as we do there. As we shake down, we'll tailor our U.S. edition more to American tastes. For Guccione, if nothing else, is a learner. Why, just the other day he didn't hesitate to ask a dining companion what eggs Benedict were. -Penthouse...
...asked her if she thought better birth control practices would mean less abortions. "Of course birth control is the logical way to avoid abortion. However, recent articles on the pill, reporting that it causes blood clotting and breast cancer, have scared many girls away. They're afraid of the pill, but they aren't informed about the other methods. So they use the rhythm method and get into trouble...
...Congress will soon pass on a bill which would-but probably won't-mean the end of most Defense Department research grants at Harvard...