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...white world (Griffin is forever having to walk long blocks just to urinate); and of the bigger injustices that are perpetually evident in the white man's "hate stares," his constant use of the word "boy" while talking at all Negroes, his utter unwillingness to show them the tiniest human courtesy...
...evidence that led to the disbarment of a few corrupt lawyers and the ouster of a district attorney. He was a leading member of the blue-nosed Watch and Ward Society. As self-appointed judge and jury of the city's morals, the society pounced on the tiniest infractions of "good taste." Playwright Ben Hecht, who used the words "bitch" and "bastard" in one of his plays, was forced to change them to "dame" and "buzzard." Lindsay-Crouse's famed Life With Father rang repeatedly with the exclamation. "Oh, God!" In Boston it had to be changed...
...encourage all Americans to spend 4;? in postage for their avalanche of Christmas cards (rather than the still permissible 3? for unsealed envelopes), but also "to supply a colorful fillip" to the greeting business. As usual, the bureaucrats did not consider that good and original design-or even the tiniest hint that Christmas is, after all, Christ's birthday-might be a necessary ingredient, fillip-wise...
...aspires to make of the Herald-Examiner the daily that symbolizes the city. But with a giant's confidence, the Times rejects the Hearst paper as a serious rival in this or any other race. Instead, it keeps a wary eye on Los Angeles' newest and tiniest daily: the New York Times's month-old West Coast edition (100,000 in 13 Far West states). Said a Los Angeles Times editor last week: "As far as we're concerned, our only competitor in Los Angeles is the New York Times...
Subjected to Stress. Deeply inhaled smoke, the researchers found, irritates the cells that line the tiniest chambers of the lung (alveoli). The walls of the alveoli thicken, lose their elasticity and much of their ability to do their vital job of exchanging carbon dioxide for oxygen. Subjected to sudden stress-such as a cough or sneeze-the alveolar walls rupture; part of the lung becomes useless...