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El Al stands for "upward" in Hebrew and is an apt description of the 20-year-old Israeli airline that carries the name. The company has increased its sales elevenfold and managed to earn a profit for the past ten years-without outright government subsidies. From a pitiful $5,750...
Sir: The candidacy of Robert Kennedy is an effrontery to thinking Americans. But it is also much, much more than this. It is a menace to us and to the entire world, free and chained alike. Consumed by an inner hunger, this grotesque shadow of his dedicated and martyred brother...
Hardly any of even Redding's greatest fans realized he was only 26. The average guess, I suspect, would have been 35. The shock of his death was compounded by the shock of the discovery of his youth which makes his talent seem so much the more extraordinary. He wrote...
Redding was born in 1941 in Dawson, Georgia, and lived for most of his youth in Macon. During this period another Macon resident, Little Richard, went through his period of greatest recognition, and Redding was inspired by his example. Though far from obvious, Little Richard's influence is perceptible in...
His hits include "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Security," "Mr. Pitiful," "Respect," and "Satisfaction."