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...that moment, the viewer has had to squirm through two hours of banal commentary, inane commercials and an amateur talent show that only mothers could love. There is also something for daddy-the swimsuit finals, which unwittingly mock the characteristic American dilemma of having to select from many tempting choices that all seem exactly alike...
Help Needed. Not all the activities suggested in the booklet are as innocuous. Young ecoactivists are urged to check the contents of detergents used by their mothers and "encourage your family to change brands and select ones which do not create as great a pollution threat." Sounding a bit like a primer for Red Guards, the booklet also advises children to "photograph every pollutant detected"-not only results of their own experiments but any debris found behind factories, stores and offices or in the streets, parks and rivers. Reporting the results of pollution tests to the proper authorities will create...
...itineraries and logistical minutiae. He inventories the furnishings of De Gaulle's office, and feels compelled to specify that the chauffeured, black Citroën DS 19s circle the courtyard of the Elysée Palace counterclockwise. But on such things as how to steal a passport or select an assassination site, his expertise is extraordinarily compelling...
...Irwin. After driving past a group of craters called the South Cluster, they made their way up a 7° slope toward the mountainous Apennine Front, and approached an imposing 12,000-ft. peak called Hadley Delta. The astronauts stepped out of the rover and began to select rocks, describing each to the fascinated geologists back in the science support room in Houston. One rock looked like "green cheese"-until Scott raised his gold-tinted visor and saw that it was really gray...
Winter and summer, 4-H programs now take place in housing projects instead of grange halls. They focus livestock study on guppies and puppies, horticulture on window boxes and seeding bald lawns. Rather than driving tractors, youngsters learn to select, finance and insure used cars. Particularly for poor children, the projects teach what often amount to survival skills. Sewing sessions emphasize patterns that do not require sewing machines; in cooking, recipes feature low-cost staples like powdered milk and eggs. Several Indianapolis clubs have collaborated on programs to eradicate rats...