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...mythologies From heel to throat...
Bone in the Throat. To the nation, Kennedy reported that there had been "no loss of tempers" during the talks. But in the stalemated discussions over Berlin, Khrushchev came perilously close to anger. The Soviet Premier explained that he intended to sign a peace treaty (perhaps by year's end) with East Germany; after that, the West would be forced to deal with the East Germans for access to Berlin and the right to station troops there. Kennedy coolly answered that the West was in Berlin legally and would use force to maintain its rights there "at any risk...
...four Africans up the steps of the Dutch Reformed Church for Sunday services. Ushers blocked their entry, and a crowd of white bystanders quickly gathered. "Look at that dirty black hand that murders white people," screamed one woman. "If I had a knife, I'd cut your throat off," snarled a burly white tough. The Africans quietly withdrew-for the moment. "We'll be going back to that church every Sunday for the next 50 years," said Chimonyo, "or until we are admitted to worship God like the white...
...outblew Al." Even allowing for civic partisanship, the boast is not unreasonable. New Orleans Trumpeter Al ("The Monster") Hirt, 38, is a "center-lip" man who blows straight from the diaphragm and generates such a wind that trying to top him, testifies another associate, is like "blowing down the throat of a hurricane." In recent months, the hurricane has swirled through Las Vegas (The Dunes), Manhattan (Basin Street East) and the TV networks with an impact that has made Trumpeter Hirt one of the hottest properties in jazz...
...lean years of the 1930's and 1940's there were good reasons for training law graduates to be the best possible legal technicians to enable them to meet the cut-throat competition for the few positions available. These days, getting a job is somewhat easier, and firms must compete harder to get the law graduates they want...