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...means of reform in the existing system. "This is a new form of citizenship," Nader says. At heart, he is teaching the oldest form of citizenship: that one man, simply by determined complaining, can still accomplish a great deal in a free society...
...obtain such hitherto top-secret information, Bull ran a front-page ad in the London Times requesting "History of E. Bear Esquire. Reminiscences, Data, Photographs." He also issued public pleas for facts and figures on arctophilia during television appearances with "Theodore," oldest of his own Teddies (all of whom, he complains, get into "a foul temper" when he is away from them). Letters poured in from both American and British bear lovers, as well as from several bears ("They are just as articulate as Other Persons"). Bull soon discovered that of the 250 Teddy bears lost on transport vehicles...
...result of the sinking of PT109. A few weeks later, daughter Kathleen's husband, the Marquess of Hartington, died leading an infantry charge in Normandy. Kathleen was to be killed four years later in a plane crash in France. A continuing heartbreak for Rose and Joe was their oldest daughter Rosemary, who is retarded...
...will not get married," Mick announced. "I don't give a damn about convention." Three months later, Marianne had a miscarriage. In January, Jagger and Keith Richard were kicked out of a hotel in Lima because of their unconventional dress, or undress, or both. Bill Wyman, at 32, oldest of the Stones, was divorced from his wife of ten years, with both sides admitting adultery. Brian Jones quit the group, and a month later was found drowned in his own swimming pool under the influence of drugs and alcohol...
Still, The Advocate is America's oldest college literary magazine, and the only publication at Harvard to have preserved its reputation for 103 years, so there are reasons to endure. Plagued especially over the past decade by financial crises, it has managed to survive them all by means of affluent and generous trustees. Last month, while friends of mine were being smashed at M.I.T.. I was in New York getting smashed over oysters and wine at the Century Club. The trustees were meeting to decide whether the August issue would appear before December. Norman Mailer had been elected...