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...people, and the cost is just about what New York City pays for water brought down by gravity from the rainy Catskill Mountains only 70 miles away. The price remains prohibitive for irrigation, but cities in arid districts are glad to pay even more to slake their thirst...
...Utah, where great principles are lived out in hardship and suffering: "You must renounce home and family and possessions. That is how to be a Mormon. You must lead your young and rose-cheeked sweetheart out into the wilderness. One day she sinks to the ground of hunger and thirst, and dies. You dig a grave with your hands and bury her in the sand and put up a cross of two straws that blow away at once. That is how to be a Mormon...
...Amid the ruins, mourning and humiliation which had submerged Germany, I felt my sense of distrust and severity fade within me. I even glimpsed possibilities of understanding which the past had never offered. Moreover, it seemed to me that the same sentiment was dawning on our soldiers. The thirst for vengeance which had spurred them on at first had abated as they advanced across the ravaged earth. I saw them merciful before the misery of the vanquished...
...still other men in work clothes and business suits. Which is O.K., up to a point, since TV or any other medium bereft of enlightenment will justifiably fade into oblivion . . . But how long is it since TV has unearthed a new and glamorous femme star to slake the thirst of the aforementioned viewer in quest of relaxation? . . . Occasionally the sought-after glamor in the form of white tie, tails, ballroom scenes and pretty dolls will show up on a Garry Moore show or a Perry Como episode, but, by and large, whether it's new public affairs...
...undiluted love, would be denied the advantage of an educated mother at a time when they are learning a language and seeking outlets for creative expression. Many young mothers would attend to their dreary home chores without the companionship of the good things for which they acquired a thirst in college...