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...days I looked around at the generation that I am part of. This group of strangers sat, listened, talked and related, but related completely without violence. Everyone did "their own thing," without causing a ruckus. We proved that under difficult circumstances we don't need to fight to rid ourselves of aggressive feelings; no, instead we try to enjoy life through music and each other. My peers are indeed beautiful people...
...have disliked the public images of Mr. William F. Buckley Jr. and Mr. Gore Vidal [Aug. 22]. At last, it seems, these men's special gifts and inclinations command a bit of admiration-not for what they are, but rather for how they are being used. Buckley may rid us of Vidal, and Vidal may rid us of Buckley...
...same Chrysler. But at a final clearance price." Carmakers offer trips to Hawaii or Puerto Rico for the most successful salesmen and their wives; the salesmen smile more and persist longer with customers. That is what happens during the annual automobile "cleanup, when automen are anxious to get rid of last year's cars and prepare the public for the coming year's models...
That notion about the Church being unprogressive is one of those shibboleths that our party must drop. The Church is all right essentially. Get rid of the establishment; get rid of the bishops; get rid of the candlesticks; get rid of the 39 articles; and the Church of England is just as good as any other Church...
...strong charging pulses with a brief reversal of current, the McCulloch engineers found that they could dissipate the accumulated gases and successfully recharge the battery. The sys tem, says a McCulloch spokesman, is comparable to the way a mother interrupts her infant's feeding with burping to get rid of gas in the baby's stomach...