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...because her messages did not seem to be getting through to the First Lady), told newshens merely that Mrs. Nixon was attending a luncheon at Blair House, without any mention of Hostess Mitchell. In flaming fury, Martha telephoned a Washington Star reporter, charged that "Connie is trying to get rid of me," and wailed: "How can anybody take over my party? It's just unbelievable. I cried my eyes out today. Somebody should get down and bleed for me. I try so hard...
...past time for Americans to rid themselves of this complicity by withdrawing passive support from our outlaw government and its illegal, immoral, unconstitutional war. We college students who march one day a year in protest are no more free of complicity than those outside the University who continue business as usual while quietly deploring the war. If we are to reject our role in the perpetual genocide, we must create an ongoing, militant antiwar movement which will be silenced only by unilateral U. S. withdrawal from Asia...
...France, the late Charles de Gaulle made every effort to rid the language of franglais expressions, with only mixed success. The Germans are hesitant to embark on a similar campaign of linguistic purification. One reason is that Hitler tried to purge German of all non-Teutonic expressions, and an attempt today might smack of Nazism...
...rid of sexism, people must change not only economic and political institutions but also the whole consciousness of our society, achieving "the liberation of men as well as women, "she said...
...years ago the Houses stopped requiring coats and ties in the dining rooms. Said John Marquand, senior tutor in Dudley House, "Before they got rid of coats and ties in the Houses I threatened to wear a sweatsuit to dinner in order to test the rule. I'm glad the Faculty Club is challenging it-or I might have had to threaten the same thing again...