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...maintain that it is the tall man who is a victim of discrimination [Oct. 4]. Standing 6 ft. 3¼ in. tall, I shudder whenever I enter a clothing store and the oft repeated apology rings in my ears: "Sorry, but you tall guys are less than 10% of the customers, so there's no profit in stocking up on long sizes...
...wall that separated us from the thousand outrages of the war and a University administration that was hurrying to stay even step with the thundering war machine. We believed that we had positively torn that wall down, but more likely, the tremor was only within us--a shudder at the sudden demystification of University liberalism. For that momentary alteration of power relations within the University--and such violent acts as carrying Dean Archie Epps out the door--a price was paid. Certainly not a great price, by comparison with that of non-white rebels, or even whites in less elite...
...extent to which the school has changed is indicated by alumni reactions. Some graduates have cut back their financial contributions, and old-grad judges sometimes shudder to see student lawyers in their courts. Common Pleas Court Judge John Patrick O'Brien, class of 1957, normally deals with civil cases. He complains that "these fellows are altruistic, and to that extent their interests clash with mine because I have to keep the docket moving along. These fellows will take up the court's time arguing over a principle. It costs $100,000 a year to run a municipal court...
After the posh jets, the piston-engined Cessna 310 feels like a Volkswagen, but we zoom gallantly up over the brown hills pockmarked with ravines and gullies and head for Las Vegas and a fuel stop. A huge passenger jet bounces us gently in its wake and I shudder. We gas up; off to the southwest we see storm clouds and lightning. Never mind: we're off again. For a moment, I think of those scary instructions picked up back in New York: if both pilots conk out aloft, set the radio dials at 121.5 and ask whoever answers...
...makes one shudder to think how many other top-secret documents are in the hands of dedicated public servants gifted with prophetic hindsight such as Daniel Ellsberg...