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...translation was also a lot shorter--it ended with Svejk, dressed in a Russian uniform, being captured by the Austrian army, whereas Parrott's new one tells all about his subsequent trial. It also includes many of the digressions that Paul Selver cut out. Some of the digressions are extremely funny--for instance, Animal World magazine's ex-editor's description of the Sulphur-Bellied Whale, the Artful Prosperian, the Edible Ox ("the ancient prototype of the cow") and the Sepia Infusorian ("which I characterized as a sort of sewer rat")--and others are hardly funny...
When the last U.S. military man has left Viet Nam, Camp Alpha will be turned over to the U.S. embassy. Its commander, Captain George Parrott of Taft, Calif., apparently will be that last man. He is perplexed about one final detail: "We haven't decided who will process my papers...
Shoring the Walls. Even the A.M.A. now recognizes health care as a right. But it is still unwilling to go along with Kennedy-Griffiths. Dr. Max Parrott, chairman of the A.M.A.'s board of trustees, describes Kennedy's bill as "rigid" and "monolithic." Parrott and many of his colleagues defend the existing system and seek to eliminate what they see as its most egregious inequity with their tax-credit bill. "Some people are denied health care because of their inability to pay for it," says Dr. Richard S. Wilbur, A.M.A. deputy vice president. "Medicredit will take care...
Three minutes later Harvard went a man down again, only to score a short-handed goal at 9:06 when Terry Flaman's slap shot bounced off the goalie's chest at Parrott's feet. All Parrot had to do was slide the puck into the nets...
...track handicapper's odds: 1. Amberold, Boland 6-1 2. Blue Skyer, Broussard 20-1 3. Stupendous, Baez 7-2 4. Rehabilitate, Turcotte 20-1 5. Advocator, Sellers 12-1 6. Dominar, Harmatz 20-1 7. Fleet Shoe, Gilligan 20-1 8. Exhibitionist, Belmonte 15-1 9. Beau Sub, Parrott 20-1 10. Sky Guy, Adams 20-1 11. Tragniew, Pierce 10-1 12. Kauai King, Brumfield 7-2 13. Abe's Hope, Shoemaker 5-2 14. Sean E. Indian, Fires 20-1 15. Quinta, Kallai 20-1 16. Wileston Kid, Stevenson...