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...alas, the fortunate possessor of Italian primitives," he tiredly explains. "I do not live in a house once occupied by Beethoven. I do not, to my regret, own one of Beethoven's pianos. These are myths, fantasies, inventions. That company got nearly everything wrong except my birthday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Elegant Thunderer | 8/23/1971 | See Source »

...THIS time of unending racism, poverty and war it seems almost frivolous to devote editorial space to a discussion of drug laws. But the present archaic legislation on that subject- which in one state can send a first offender marijuana possessor to jail for life- is hardly a laughing matter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Legalize Grass | 3/25/1971 | See Source »

...does being a Harvard man convey to the unwelcoming possessor of that title an active sort of responsibility which demands of him that he live up to that identity? Being from Harvard, you know that what is worshipped is the ideal, the abstraction, and not the living diurnal embodiment of Harvard. Yet when you turn outside the University, you see yourself again and again being personally identified with it. Ultimately, you realize that you have been entrapped willy-nilly by that identity which others have projected from themselves upon you. The only solution you can properly resign yourself to under...

Author: By Peter C. Rollins, | Title: Learning to Live With A Degree From Harvard | 2/3/1971 | See Source »

...society we really haven't developed a more reasoned use of the bomb and nuclear weapons. We continue to lean on the bomb and build an illusion of security around it-when, in fact, its existence and the possession of the bomb is an increased danger for the possessor and for the rest of the world...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: After 25 Years, Bomb Awaits | 8/7/1970 | See Source »

Secret Smile. It was only the beginning of otherworldliness. Before the day ended, Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi -Manson's opposite in a carefully tailored gray suit and vest, possessor of an enviable record of successful prosecutions-had attributed to the vagueness of a Beatles' song part of Manson's motive in directing the murders. In an outline of his case, delivered to the jury of seven men and five women in an understated manner that belied its content, Bugliosi elaborated on the Beatles' theme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Other End of Society | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

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