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...that inane reverse-and double-reverse Gaston-and-Alphonse jig that Lyndon and Aleksei trotted out, what would have happened if the surveyor had missed the halfway point by a hundred feet? Would they have thrown up a tent in the backyard and torn up poor old Tom Robinson's rose garden? Honestly...
...There was no question that the Israelis had forced Qalqilya's entire civilian population of 12,000 to evacuate the town-which was all but razed in heavy fighting. But now that the shooting was over and 2,000 of Qalqilya's citizens were settled in a tent camp outside the town, the Israelis offered them food, shelter and assistance...
...much energy on theory and analysis, SDS has been purposely anti-ideological, even anti-intellectual. Members have tried, as national secretary, Greg Calvert, puts it, to "build a movement out of people's guts." Rejecting the dogmatism of the old Socialist and Communist parties, they have stretched their ideological tent to include anyone feeling the frustration and anomie of "dehumanizing" modern society...
Seducing the Diehards. For the budget-minded, refurbishing old buses is the cheapest route to luxury camping. "We went tenting in the Smoky Mountains one time and spent an entire week inside the tent in the rain," recalls Bill Roberts of Clearwater, Fla. No more. Roberts and his wife spent $2,000 buying and transforming an old bus into a mobile three-room apartment, now go out almost every weekend with friends who own similar rigs. Camper buses are ideal for families with children. Reason: the kids get less restless en route because they have room to play...
Indeed, mobile campers are even seducing diehard outdoorsmen from their old ways. "The family got so big that it took forever to organize with a tent," says Myrtle Savoie of Ludlow, Mass. Though Mrs. Savoie has been tenting for years, she now takes to the road with her husband, seven children and 69-year-old mother-in-law in their converted bus. "With our camper," she explains happily, "everything is built right in. We just add food and clothes and take...