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...replaced by a younger one, equally friendly, a black from the Caribbean with almost no English. Whenever I came in he look my ticket with a big smile, asking "All right?" I would answer "All right," and go to change. Our other communication was about the two showers, which were often too hot or too cold. I usually used the far one because there's a rule forbidding soap or shampoo (if you want to be clean you can jolly well take a hot bath and pay for it) and I didn't want to flaunt my transgression. When...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Poolcrawl | 4/24/1972 | See Source »

...through" the doors of the lecture room. The fifth paragraph discloses that Herrnstein "strode grimfaced" through a crowd and that "a brief scuffle occurred between Herrnstein and an unidentified SDS member," the sixth that he and a policeman walked to William James Hall while SDS and UAG "continued to shower him with questions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACCURATE DETAILS | 3/30/1972 | See Source »

...only clues are three references to "questions" in the article. Mr. Swanson says of "questions" 1. that Herrnstein left a "barrage" of them "unanswered" in his wake," 2. that SDS and UAG "continued to shower him with" them, 3. that they concerned Herrnstein's "alledgedly racist theories and his views on an Indiana sterilization law," and 4. they they were "persistent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACCURATE DETAILS | 3/30/1972 | See Source »

...Angeles Times story on the city's mayor, Democratic Presidential Hopeful Sam Yorty, Actress Candice Bergen scored a small scoop: Sam and Betts Yorty both practice meditation. The mayor does it yoga-style in the bathroom after a shower; Betts does it with a mantra (the repetition of a syllable pattern). "I've been meditating for 30 years," Sam told Candy. "I regard it as just concentrated prayer. It lets me gather up strength for the day to withstand the barbs in the Times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Mar. 20, 1972 | 3/20/1972 | See Source »

...children. A former Hollywood starlet, she is frequently asked for dates, sometimes by fellow jockeys. But she seldom goes out except for dinner with married friends. Her working schedule leaves little time for a social life: up at 5:30 a.m. to exercise horses, back home briefly to shower and change, off to the track to race and early to bed to rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Two Pros | 3/20/1972 | See Source »

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