Word: playboyism
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...from playing hockey, the Crimson has simply tried to get some deep relaxation. At night, some members of the team escaped to the 20th floor of the Holiday Inn to the Top 'o the Inn Lounge. There they are entertained by the Little Foxes, Holiday Inn's version of Playboy bunnies. But the drinks are $1.25 each...
...called sex, but after that they diverge radically. One voice (really, many voices), the voice of the Women's Liberation Movement, has been making itself heard for over a year now. But until recently, the voice of the ideological opposition has only rumbled intermittently on talk shows and in Playboy interviews. Finally, Harper's magazine has allowed Norman Mailer to speak his piece on life inside the prison...
Also at issue was the old puzzle of what constitutes free "speech" that is protected by the First Amendment. To protest Playboy magazine's alleged sexual exploitation of women, eight students at Iowa's Grinnell College stripped naked at a public meeting. Convicted of public indecency, they argued that their action was a form of speech and thus deserved immunity from prosecution. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled against them. By refusing to hear their appeal, the Burger court let that decision stand...
...Research Corp. to help businessmen on the far side of the generation gulf match their goods and services to the desires of campus consumers. "All I knew about was students," he explains. That was enough. A few weeks ago, Vittert, 22, sold his firm to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Enterprises Inc. for $1.5 million in cash and stock, thus joining the growing ranks of America's young millionaires...
...Playboy plans to use the firm to sell subscriptions and products and run market surveys. Vittert remains president, sometimes working 60 hours at a stretch. He is a bachelor who does not drink, smoke or cuss and seldom dates. He drives a battered, four-year-old convertible, lives in a spartan one-room apartment and dislikes business entertaining to the point that he serves visitors sandwiches for lunch in his office. He professes little interest in making more money. "What can I do with it?" he asks, echoing the concern of the confused generation. "Eat four meals a day?" Instead...