Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sir: I believe the day is not too far distant when the English people will, in effect, paraphrase Kipling by saying: The tumult and the shouting rise Let captains and the kings depart...
...Sir: Political graft, corruption in your judiciary, race riots, the burning of your own country's flag in public, the murder of prominent citizens including your own President, drug addiction-you name it and you've got it. No thanks; we'll keep our Royal Family and all the decadence that goes with it. You keep your Black Panthers and the almighty dollar...
...Sir: It is indeed paradoxical that in a society that places such a premium on all sorts of privacy-private swimming pool, private entrance, private patio, private terrace, etc.-one nevertheless would turn one's bosom into a community chest. Could all this nudity be overcompensation for all the other privacy with its resulting isolation which affluence provides...
...Sir: That play where everyone cavorts around with their clothes off is supposed to "liberate" our minds or something? Most of our critics and intellectuals have been going around with their minds unbuttoned for some time. These naive pundits should take Dr. Freud's advice to Lorelei Lee (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, by Anita Loos). He told her to cultivate a few inhibitions and get some sleep...
...restore your faith in the old values. LADIES MUST WEAR BATHING HATS AND SWIMSUIT TOPS, reads the sign by the Flamingo Hotel pool. Where else in the U.S. can you still find big bands, a 49? breakfast, and a bellhop who says: "Why don't you just relax, sir, while I unpack your bags?" How many other cities the size of Las Vegas (pop. 290,000) can boast 143 churches and 159 Boy Scout troops...