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...Story of F this gaily flecked moth who enchants the night with her musk (and by this I refer to the curious Miss Trepan) has indeed spread a queer and elusive scent. I am reminded of the Dutchman who when asked why he ploughed his canal boat up and down the same straight canal all his life, replied, "Because it is there." The Story of F is also there and a such must be dealt with...
...several governments with consulates in Hanoi were advised by the Communists that it was a "semaphoric" statement. Accordingly, they relayed to Washington the implication that an American bombing halt might result in peace talks. U.S. Hanoi-watchers were quick to note that the "could be" statement did not once refer to North Viet Nam's oft-repeated four-point conditions for negotiations; in particular, it did not mention the Viet Cong as a full-fledged negotiating partner from the start. Beyond that, there was a great deal of conjecture about several imponderables that may indeed be pushing North Viet...
...things as being stable, down-to-earth, ordinary in a sense. I don't want them to be 'An Experience.' " But he is willing to play the game of associating them with experiences. The 6-ft. steel cube known as Die, he explains, can refer to a matrix or mold, but it is also an imperative. In fact, he built it after having been injured in an auto accident, partly to express his rage with the world...
...manservant, performing tasks that industry cannot or does not care to manage by itself. In some fields, the line between the public sector and the private sector is already "nearly imperceptible," and before long "men will look back in amusement at the pretense that once caused people to refer to General Electric, Vickers or Du Pont as private business...
...oldest of five children of Norwegian immigrants who settled in Stoughton, Wis., Romnes is so soft-spoken and persuasive an executive that colleagues sometimes refer to him as "the Mild Viking." But the Viking has a firm hand when necessary, and he may need it as he steers A.T. & T. through some rough sailing. Through 23 subsidiary companies, A.T. & T. controls 85% of all U.S. telephone communications, most long-distance operations, and an increasing share of the fast-growing data-transmission business. It remains a private monopoly largely because of rate accommodations with the Federal Communications Commission and with...