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...paper's publisher wrote: "As I progressed through [the MRA manifesto's] 31 pages of text something almost wonderous (sic) and magical happened to me. My cynicism gave way to a deeper, greater emotion--moral re-armament ... I'm a dedicated anticommie. I cheer Moral ReArmament. Its litle pamphlet is like a hurricane of commonsense sweeping away the fog of confusion...
...tells the amateur how to spot the ingenious techniques used by practitioners of the minor art of "antique manufacturing." The author, George Grotz, 44, started out as a spare-time furniture refinisher, steeped himself in the subject for 15 years, wrote several books as well as a $1 pamphlet, From Gunk to Glow, the sales of which have reached 800,000. Grotz (rhymes with gloats) maintains that modern-day "antique manufacturers" can be found not only in Italy, France and Hong Kong. There are plenty in New England and Manhattan. Mostly they are carpenters and cabinetmakers. More than...
Nobody thought of activism or picketing or confrontation. What the ten-man committee wanted was rational discussion of issues in a calm, gentlemanly way. In November they issued a 16-page pamphlet entitled "Report on Bicker and Proposals for Change." It outlined their ideas for changing Bicker and told why they wanted it changed. It influenced a lot of people. The committee took a poll and found that a little less than 40 per cent of the sophomore, junior, and senior classes agreed with their proposal...
...professor at Instant College would have done well to quote the Navy League's pamphlet describing Harvard's Carpenter Center for Visual Arts this way: "It exemplifies conceptualistic innuendo pyramided upon spatial forbearance and is altogether tokenish of tactile cosmological luminous volumentality...
...obliged to register with his local draft board, but at no time does he receive so much as a post card from anyone telling him to do so. If he wants to appeal his classification, he can learn the proper procedure for going about it only from a tiny pamphlet supplied by the local board. At one time each state was to appoint a government appeals agent to usher a man through the elaborate appeals process, but the position is unfilled in some places and the government agent makes no pretense of aiding his charge in many others...