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...divergent bodies of opinion within Nixon's inner circle-at least on Viet Nam and ABM systems-Laird and Rogers probably exemplify them. The President, still playing for time, has so far kept to a cautious middle course. But sooner or later he may have to choose one tack over the other...
When the specter of girl jockeys first reared its comely head, the boys in the tack room sneered in their silks. "If I can't outride a girl," growled one jockey, "I'll send my wife out here to take my place." "What's next?" asked an other. "Topless go-go riders...
...simply could not handle 1,000 Ibs. of race horse charging through the pack. There are hazards enough, they pointed out, without girl jockeys falling all over the track. But gradually, after several attempts to "boycott the broads," the jockeys relented, reckoning that the girls would hang up their tack once they were exposed to the grueling grind of racing for pay. That was nearly two months ago. Now there are five girl jockeys racing at parimutuel flat tracks across the U.S., and they are confidently grabbing for the rail position...
Several more recent arguments have been voiced by Brown for moving the courses into Gen Ed: "The two courses raise a number of questions of educational policy which are too large to be decided by any one department." The last time Brown took this tack, this fall, he was attempting to get rid of 148--but failed. Although the course had been approved by the department and by Dean Ford before school began and by the CEP in late September, Brown referred it to the CEP again on October 9. The CEP approved it for a second time, with Dean...
...seen the big full page rock lp ads in all the press recently, I ask you. Have you seen them? Haven't you. They are there because the companies ar getting ready for the blitz. And who gets blitzed when the companies blitz? Not the stores: they just tack it onto the tag. The guy who pays gets blitzed. And who pays? The consumer pays...