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...sons of the affluent society tend to be taller, broader and-initially at least-a mite softer than depression-reared Willie and Joe of World War II vintage. Johnson's Army greets them much as he himself might: with a conscious effort to respect their individual dignity. Even more incredible to yesteryear's warriors is the official aura of sobersided respectability that Johnson has tried valiantly to imbue...
...Democratic fat cats, "this Lindsay" was a freak, a Park Avenue big talker, a silk-stocking boy. Their candidate, City Controller Abraham David Beame, 59, a mild, mite-size (5 ft. 2 in.) party hack, was admittedly no giantkiller, but he comfortably fitted the mediocre mold to which they were accustomed. Few believed that cynical New Yorkers would be moved by the eager idealism and outraged accusations of this Lindsay-the towering (6 ft. 3 in.), wavy-haired Republican whose improbable good looks and earnest eloquence plainly marked him a do-gooder and an amateur by Tammany's hard...
...forest and rubber trees. When the Airborne moved in, they carried tear gas-to protect the innocent as well as to flush the V.C. out of their tunnels-and promptly used it. Recently added to the U.S. military's growing armory of sophisticated anti-insurgent weaponry: the "Mighty Mite," a 50-lb. blower used in home fumigation Stateside, and able to pump the harmless gas into tunnels at 180 m.p.h...
Hugo could not know that, for all their sentiment, Sarah found diamonds a mite conventional. Her taste tended to more sensuous things-she could not resist the sinuous ruby-eyed snake bracelet and ring designed by Art Nouveau Painter Alphonse Mucha and crafted by Jewelsmith Georges Fouquet for her première in Cleopatra, went in hock (she was frequently broke, though her earnings topped $9,000,000) for about $2,000 to have it. To make sure she paid, Fouquet turned up at the theater box office regularly each week to collect his share of the receipts...
...gold there is or ever was Beneath the moon could buy no mite of rest For any one of these exhausted souls...