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...Ching clutched in his hands. And there's another boy not much older, an acid dealer, who is tripping and trying to hide his dope before it gets too light. And a little girl named Roberta with a crumpled velvet dress and great big eyes. And a guy named Rufus who has left his wife and child in Maine and wants to go to New Mexico to look for Don Juan, who was the peyote man in a look. Rufus wants to be a crow. To fly with mescalito. I had forgotten how sensible the vision was. And the private...

Author: By David R. Ignatius, | Title: Freaks Living in Our Streets: Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom | 7/2/1970 | See Source »

Though B.A.S.F. executives have promised to obey state anti-pollution laws, the islanders are skeptical. As retired Admiral Rufus Taylor explains: "We're not convinced that a chemical plant can control its effluents, or that any state agency or state laws can make it do so." One example that supports Taylor's claim is a small Tenneco chemical plant operating near Beaufort. A marine biologist recently sampled a downstream creek and found that the water was extremely acidic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Troubled Little Island | 1/26/1970 | See Source »

...fieldhouse, the team loosened up, and let the champagne flow. Rufus Peebles, freshman adviser, played host and provided the champagne...

Author: By Martin R. Garay, | Title: Soccer Team Tops Hartwick, 1-0, Wins Berth in NCAA Semifinals | 12/1/1969 | See Source »

Founded by Caroline and a former art student named Rufus Harris, Release puts accused violators of Britain's narcotics laws in touch with lawyers and arranges for bail. From a four-room flat in London's Netting Hill Gate section, a staff of Release volunteers provides around-the-clock assistance. The agency advertises its phone number in the hippie press and at rallies organized to promote the legalizing of pot. It also circulates cards with advice to suspects. Example: "Request that any property taken from you is packaged and sealed in your presence," and "Be polite to police...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Law: Britain's Release | 7/18/1969 | See Source »

...care less. One suggestion is to change into units larger than the dormitory so as to decrease the number of forfeits. This seems clumsy. There is little question that there could be an improvement in organization through the efforts of all involved--athletic secretaries, proctors, Floyd Wilson, and Rufus Peebles. And somehow interest must be stirred up. Perhaps more promotion, including press coverage, would help in that direction. At any rate Wilson and his advisors, if there are any, had better take stock of the situation and then take action because a good intramural program is worth having...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

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