Word: trappings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...family had something to do with the slaying. Why? Because they were "mean" people. Agents checked out accusations that Lyndon Johnson and George Wallace were behind the murder. A Logan, Utah, man got a respectful hearing for his claim that Kennedy was alive and the assassination a hoax to trap the Mafia. So did dozens of men and women who had "seen" Oswald and his slayer, Jack Ruby, together...
...Terrorists: "Except in the most compelling circumstances, and then only with the approval of [Richard Salant] the president of CBS News ... there should be no live coverage of the terrorist/kidnaper since we may fall into the trap of providing an unedited platform...
Harris's approach tends to be thematic rather than strictly chronological. Thus chapters focus on such topics as "The Origins of War" or "The Origins of Male Supremacy and the Oedipus Complex," and "The Hydraulic Trap." One cannot help but admire the conviction with which Harris explains these phenomena. It is as if, although aware of the piranhas infesting the river, Harris nevertheless struck out on his own across one of those swaying rope bridges so apt to collapse without warning. Indeed, Harris's writing is refreshingly free of the usual academese infestations of "Perhaps" and "It may well...
...sense reading the Jazz column this week either--there isn't one. The King of Swing won't be in Boston, but he could be right in the proverbial, cliche-worn living room if you switch on channel 2 at 8 p.m. this Tuesday night. In Performance at Wolf Trap features the legendary Benny Goodman blowing sweetly on his clarinet, a must for jazz buffs...
...could show how the higher command failed miserably to provide adequate support for their troops, because the officers believed their own lies about kill ratios, retreats, urbanization, and a friendly civilian population. At Khe San, for instance, the "grunts" knew they were being placed in a death trap that the generals refused to acknowledge. And, like Herr, the "grunts" realized the insanity of the war, and could only deal with it by developing a sick humor. Herr reports their conversations, tucked in among the strains of Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan...