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...screams of the alarm clock and grope for the girl (already fled), at that hour Habbakuk is pushing aside the rind of his grapefruit, sipping the dregs of his coffee, and rereading the telegram that sends him flying to New York by cocktail time, where he must perforce plug in his connections, drop his names, jiggle through a dance or two till he's in a position to float Valerie Corday onstage and steal away, leaving her twirling and whirling in a canned atmosphere of chatter and light...
...Pull the Plug. In response to these warnings, President Nixon's adviser on consumer affairs, Mrs. Virginia H. Knauer, urged consumers to unplug refrigerators, freezers and electric stoves during brownouts: "This will prevent voltage irregularities from damaging your appliances." Moreover, the Nixon Administration is now considering a plan to reorganize the Atomic Energy Commission to deal exclusively with all forms of energy and to prevent future power shortages...
...pioneered by New York Dermatologist Dr. Norman Orentreich and is also practiced, among others, by Dr. Samuel Ayres III, a Beverly Hills dermatologist who has transplanted hair on Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop, the Smothers brothers and many other show business personalities. In a long series of operations, strips or plugs of hair-a plug contains from 15 to 20 hairs complete with roots and skin-are removed from the back or side of the head and then transplanted into a similar-sized hole cut from the bald spot. Then follows a months-long cycle of scabs, scars, falling...
Recreational use of the reservoir would be out of the question. "If you were out boating when they pulled the plug. it would be a matter of being flushed down." Hamilton said...
Fairbank, in the question-and-answer period, appeared to agree with the thrust of this new argument. He derided "the general models that usually involve the whole world" and put in a "plug" for the study of limited geographical areas...