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...children's book. The bulk of this output does not occupy the classic realm of the imagination but a huge waste-of-time land. There are usually stories about neurasthenic little animals that want to secede from the animal kingdom. There are tales about plug-ugly ducklings (human) who can't seem to acquire a friend until the sentimental fadeout page. For pre-teentimers there are soap operettas about girls "who never quite know how to talk to boys." The boys are usually busy talking to a pet moose or rocketing off to the moon. But at least...
...retirement benefits-and skip 2,000,000 not so covered. As the A.M.A. points out, King-Anderson would help some people who might not need help, and would not cover others whom Kerr-Mills helps. King-Anderson proponents reply, rather weakly, that they, too, rely on Kerr-Mills to plug some gaps. (About 2,500,000 are drawing old-age assistance and getting medical care "on the county." In addition, most states give some medical aid to non-indigent aged. Many of these are being switched to Kerr-Mills plans so the states can get the federal funds...
...disadvantages of his new job is that he has to get up and go to church." Kennedy's sponsored television broadcasts, says Sahl, put him into a peculiar predicament. "May I mention the United States?" the President asks his toothpaste sponsor. "No. That's a plug." Idly reflecting that Kennedy is as handsome as a movie star, Sahl pictures him cast as the lead in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, "pursued across Mount Rushmore by the head of the House Rules Committee. There'd be good shots of Kennedy climbing on his own face...
First "clothes" applied were four electrocardiograph sensors glued to his chest. Then came a respirometer (to measure breathing) taped to his neck and a rectal thermometer to measure deep body temperature. Wires from all these instruments were gathered at a metal plug that would be fitted later into the space suit. After all wires and instruments were checked, Shepard donned long underwear with built-in spongy pads to aid air circulation. Then he was helped into his 30-lb. space suit made of aluminized nylon outside and rubberized nylon inside. It was a tight squeeze. Before all Zippers, straps...
...versatility takes other forms too. He dances, has written hit songs (Splish Splash), plays the vibraphone, drums and guitar, and offers between-numbers commentary that is sometimes blue and often corny. His promoters at the Hollywood pressagent firm of Rogers & Cowan lavishly plug his innate sex appeal and his intuition for showmanship, which collide onstage when Darin, fervently singing, wobbles a disengaged microphone in his hand and slides sideways in a characteristic motion that could only suggest a young Dungeness crab in trouble...