Word: randomness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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DeFORD by David Shetzline. 21 7 pages. Random House...
This stand was particularly frustrating to Cliffies since it ignored the RUS' whole purpose. "We don't care what students they have on the Council--they can pick them at random if they want--as long as they guarantee us that someone will be there," one sophomore said. Miss Batts added that "we don't want invitations dependent on the good will of the Administration. We want to be a regular part of the structure...
...Hardly had King, the apostle of nonviolence, led the way out onto the street than the rocks began to fly. Glass shards sprayed from splintered windows. Rioters galloped from downtown store to store. The parade faltered, halted, turned upon itself to retrace its steps. Police fired tear gas at random, as King beat a prudent retreat to his motel, leaving local civil rights leaders to herd the marchers back to their headquarters church. Looting began, and the police lost their cherished reputation for restraint. Cops thwacked away with clubs, and Negroes turned savagely upon isolated officers...
...such city magazines as Philadelphia and Seattle, the first issue of New York captures the excitement of the city in a way that few other publications have. It obviously relishes the city's vivacity and variety-and for that reason the reader does too. From the witty random notes at the beginning to the theater, book and movie reviews at the end, the publication is sharply written, crisply edited Tom Wolfe examines the confusion of accents in the city and how they unfailingly give away the speaker's social status. Milton Glaser and Jerome Snyder visit...
SETTLED IN CHAMBERS by Honor Tracy. 209 pages. Random House...