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...with legs crossed and body slouched over 20 degrees from the vertical axis. Support yourself with the elbow of your twirling hand, with hand, elbow and shoulder forming an isosceles triangle. If you are in lecture, tilt your head to one side and stare into space, to show that your complete mastery of the material renders taking notes unnecessary. If you are taking an exam, furrow your brow and stare intently at your blue book. This gives the impression that you need to twirl just to keep your massive brain busy...
Your article on the homeless in America [NATION, Feb. 8] suggested that nothing short of the return of full-tilt liberalism and its emphasis on "housing, housing, housing'' will be able to solve this persistent problem...
...good, until Sunday night and the Patriots-Bills tilt at Foxboro. I had Buffalo as three and one-half point underdogs and I was sitting pretty when Doug Flutie hit Andre Reed for a 21-17 lead with five minutes remaining...
...President Bill Clinton, engaged in an ongoing vendetta, have been aching to set traps for each other to stumble into [NATION, Oct. 12]. I believe Clinton has inadvertently set a beauty. The impeachment process will proceed, and the Republicans, blinded by their vitriol against Clinton, will gallop full tilt into an election in which the majority of the electorate are disgusted with their witch hunt. From my perspective, north of the border, I'm betting the Democrats will score a big win in the November midterm elections--a form of self-impeachment by the Republicans! LEWIS D. JACKSON Barrie...
...space, public or private, in which its audience lived and moved. Walking through these works--from outside to inside and back again, and in the case of the double ellipses, which have one "room" inside another, moving along the narrow corridor between the skins and experiencing its ever changing tilt--is crucial to their effect...