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...distant future, some similar system may conceivably put radioactivity to work by turning it on and off like water from a kitchen faucet, but at present the Westinghouse scientists, though delighted with their accomplishment, see no practical application. Said Dr. Lawrence M. Epstein: "The thrill was purely intellectual...
...everyone else within BB range. President Johnson telephoned Kansas City with early congratulations. "I wanted to call collect," ho-hoed L.B.J., who then added: "When you blow out those candles, I hope you think of all the lights you have turned on during 80 years." But the biggest thrill came during a birthday appearance on the Senate floor. After eulogies from no fewer than 25 Senators plus a standing ovation, H.S.T. stammered: "I'm so overcome. This is one of the greatest things that has happened to me in my whole life." Afterward he was still touched. "If they...
...there was Lenin, stiff and still, a symbol and a sign, And rancid races come to thrill and wonder at his Shrine; And hold the thought: if Lenin rot the Soviets will decay. Perhaps this explains why Khrushchev & Con go to the expense that they do to keep the old goat on display...
...Lerner's analysis of the students going to Mississippi is inaccurate. The fact is that most of the students whom we have interviewed for the project, far from being secret thrill-seekers, are honest and sincere young people who honestly and sincerely believe that their participation in such a program will contribute to American democracy. Perhaps these sentiments are by now so trite and rare that they are mistrusted by Mr. Lerner, who seeks other unconscious drives for their actions...
Opponents of militant non-violence may claim this plea is academic because Mississippi is destined to bathe in blood this summer. Given the number of people who secretly thrill at the prospect of battle, those opponents are probably, tragically, right...