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...enterprises designed to carry out the "practical plan for world peace" which he will detail at the Astrodome. Under the aegis of Divine United Organization (set up to enlist the "efforts of all trying to improve the condition of the world") is a chain of Divine Sales stores offering second-hand goods; Shri Hans Aviation, which operates two small planes in Riverside, Calif; and Divine Systems Enterprises, Inc. which includes wholesale dealerships in electronic equipment ("Divine Office Systems") and musical instruments ("Divine Harmony"). But most of Divine Light's money is raised through contributions of money and services from...
...Mission has also set up a health clinic in New York; a chain of Divine Sales stores offering second-hand goods; a small school at its national headquarters in Denver, Col.; the Divine United Organization to enlist "efforts of all trying to improve the condition of the world;" Shri Hans Aviation, which operates two small planes in Riverside, Calif.; and, Divine Systems Enterprises Inc., an organization of wholesale dealerships in electronic equipment (Divinatronics), duplicating machines and office furniture (Divine Office Systems) and musical instruments (Divine Harmony...
...prophesied in the poetry of her early twenties (A Change of World) has arrived, she agrees, but not in the apocalyptic way she then predicted. "I was echoing ideas from poets like Yeats, as you can tell. They were second-hand, I learned them through my education. I didn't get away from that for quite some time. My second book (The Diamond Cutters) was still very much formed by models. It was the kind of book one had to write in order to get on, to continue and grow. But those poems were just exercises, they weren...
...cosmetics (two for 5?), a 125-piece set of Wedgwood china ($800), an old telephone that "Henry Kissinger made several important calls on" ($15), some plastic table mats (25? each), some old birth-control pills (two for 5?) and a familiar object hung over the fireplace and labeled, "Historic second-hand toilet seat and lid used at one time or other by George McGovern, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Gore Vidal, Yevtushenko and Gloria Steinem. $50." "All this fancy stuff doesn't appeal to me any more," Barbara explained after netting $15,000. Her next appearance: a memoir entitled Laughing...
...neighborhood sprouted Wallace signs in 1968; the man with his greased hair looked like a steel worker, tough and uncompromising. They still grease down here; both the fathers and sons; flat-tops with fenders, massive Presley waves, or just a straight comb back. They drag race; '65 Chevies and second-hand Firebirds instead of the old '57 Chevy. They take pills and smoke a little dope and a few drop acid; but most of all they drink. They drink in bars or in alleys; beer after beer; shaking it hard to get a better lift. They wear Italian cut shoes...