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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Aside from this sort of calculation, kids seem to be developing a taste for sadism earlier in life. William S. White, presiding judge of the Cook County, Ill., juvenile court, thinks that a lower limit may have been reached: "I don't expect a six-year-old to be committing homicides." Don't be too sure. In Washington, D.C., a six-year-old boy siphoned gasoline out of a car and poured it over a sleeping neighbor. Then he struck a match and watched the man go up in flames...
...Hubert Humphrey, wrote a careful letter of "support" to Carter, which nevertheless reminded him of the U.S. commitment to Israel's security and endorsed the idea of a nonimposed settlement. The State Department message, insisted Assistant Secretary Alfred Atherton, was "certainly not intended as a threat of any sort" to Israel. At his press conference Carter declared a Washington moratorium on any "additional comments on specifics" about the Middle East until Begin's visit, adding a promise that the Israeli Premier would be received warmly. Begin himself denied that he was setting any preconditions for future negotiations...
...fact remains that the Carter Administration has made clear its impatience with Jerusalem as well as its conviction that, in return for peace. Israel must withdraw from virtually all conquered territories and accept some kind of home for the Palestinians. That leaves a lot to be negotiated, including what sort of peace and when, but the basic U.S. position seems sound and inevitable...
...must be hard for the IRS, or for Hef himself, to sort out what is pleasure, profit or business expense in Hef's lifestyle. The difficulty is evidenced in this month's nudie Playmate, the magazine's famous foldout. Along with 14 undressed pictures of a 20-year-old blonde, the text explains that she has landed a top role, "that of Hef's more-than-occasional companion." Tax man, how would you score that? Business promotion? In fact, one of Playboy's problems is its narcissistic photographic preoccupation with Hefner's Playboy mansion...
...disregard the tenuous and naive excuse for a plotline on which Sweet Adeline is hung, you should find this revival rewarding to look at and listen to; and you will find out what sort of escapist entertainment appealed to your parents or grandparents...