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...Senator Dirksen says that "our outer defense perimeter started in Korea and went to South Viet Nam" [Oct. 13]. It would clear the air considerably if we heard a little less about freedom, justice, democracy, treaties, commitments and obligations in our public discussions, and a little more about defense perimeters. Then, for example, we who oppose the war in Viet Nam would not need to bother with moral points which don't interest anybody, or produce pictures of napalmed children; we could simply point out that our defense perimeter has no business being in Viet...
...issues of national significance, some are inconsequential ("Do you favor a leash law for dogs?"), frivolous ("Do you like long hair on boys?") or merely vague ("Have we failed our founding fathers?"). In Boston, 64% of WHDH's callers said that they believed that flying saucers originated in outer space; in Tampa, Fla., 67% confessed to WFLA that they cheat on their income tax. When asked if they would vote for Lyndon Johnson in 1968, response was a resounding no from 63% of the callers in Houston, 77% in Pittsburgh and 82% in Minneapolis. Among the Republican candidates, Reagan...
...reach for gimmicks. Benson & Hedges grabbed an early sales lead by means of commercials that lampooned longer length. Pall Mall responded with a "seven-minute cigarette" campaign. Introducing its Century Great Lengths, P. Lorillard capitalized on the fact that the name on the pack disappears when the cellophane outer label is crumpled. Lorillard advertising refers to the cigarette as the "whatchamacallit...
...Dirksen waved his arms and pounded his desk. He leaned so close to Assistant Republican Leader Thomas Kuchel that the Californian was practically horizontal at his desk. He shook his head so emphatically that his carefully coiffed mane soon flew askew in a Medusaean tangle of curls. "Our outer defense perimeter started in Korea and went to South Viet Nam," he said. "That is our outside security line. Suppose it fails. It will run from Alaska to Hawaii." Thundered Dirksen, his voice now at full volume: "Let me say that I was not made a Senator to preside over...
...audience was more interested in the unrecognizable, for this was last week's climactic concert of "Vacation Courses in New Music" at Darmstadt, West Germany, which aim to define the outer limits...