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...killers in the pickup truck. The chorus from press and TV remains pretty well unchanged, resembling the bleat of Orwell's sheep in Animal Farm: "Four wheels good, two wheels bad!" The image of the biker as delinquent will take a long time to eradicate. "You meet the nicest people on a Honda," proclaims the Japanese firm that has cornered nearly 50% of the bike market in the U.S.; but the general belief is that you still meet the nastiest ones on a chopper...
...pity that McCarthy's poems will be denied the autonomy of anonymity. Many have wit, candor, grace, style and the nicest sort of sentiment. As the poet says, "Do not look long on a harbor from which all ships are gone...
...smile publicly broadcasted it. "Fast Eddie' Harvard's number one next year?" he smiled. "No, I really won't do too much thinking about that." Page was enjoying his new-found attention. "I played Eddie once in the junior championships." Page searched for an adjective. "He was the nicest guy I had ever met. I felt so guilty beating him," he said with a laugh...
...point. Americans widely ignore laws they dislike, whether against gambling or marijuana. The nicest people steal: roughly 75% of insurance claims are partly fraudulent. Uncaught employees pocket $1 billion a year from their employers. To poor offenders who go to jail without bail the system is unfair, and the legal process strengthens that opinion. If a man cannot afford a good lawyer, he is pressured to plead guilty without a trial, as do 90% of all criminal defendants. He then discovers that for the same crime, different judges hand out wildly disparate sentences, from which 31 states and the federal...
...interrupted the greatest advance of prosperity that the nation had ever known. The shock of unexpected reverses left deep psychological scars on businessmen, workers, shareholders and politicians. Almost every segment of the population felt aggrieved. Reflecting the uncommon discontent, Brooks McCormick, president of International Harvester Co., said: "The nicest thing about 1970 is that it's over...