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...first communes to rise and fall, Author Houriet reports, was Oz, a fantasy-ridden experiment near Meadville, Pa., which featured daily readings from Dr. Seuss, Winnie the Pooh and (naturally) The Wizard of Oz. Meadville's citizens, at first tolerant, gradually turned against Oz, largely because of the commune's lack of concern with flush toilets and regular baths. Once, Houriet reports, an Ozite named Patty-Pooh tried to "vibe away" unfriendly visitors by "performing a nude dance on the farmhouse roof. Of course," he adds, "it had the opposite effect...
...Carswell "too good to be true"; Nixon studied the Constitution diligently and concluded, quite literally, that "it is the duty of the President to appoint and of the Senate to advise and consent." And Senator Hruska, a special friend of the White House, sat like Christopher Robin clutching his Pooh bear on the step of mediocrity half way up and half way down the stair: "Even if he (Carswell) were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance...
...Nagano estimates that Nippon Steel's debt is equal to what four or five American steel companies would owe. To a Western executive that might seem to leave the economy extremely vulnerable to a Penn Central-type collapse. Japanese find that being in hock has its advantages: corporate Pooh-Bahs do not have to worry about paying high dividends or showing plump profits to keep stockholders happy...
...Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon gave a party for Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, a very different kind of Republican. The presents people brought had a lot in common-stuffed elephants and teething rings, diaper pins and diapers decorated with the Confederate flag, a copy of Winnie-the-Pooh. There was ice cream, of course, and a jar of wheat germ labeled "Strom's secret formula." Thurmond's second wife, 24, is about to present the 68-year-old Senator with his first child. Said he modestly: "I feel very honored...
...Whose house did Winnie the Pooh get stuck in the door...