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Such parting rites have their dangers; they can become "spoiled rituals" if the departed guest comes back for his forgotten umbrella, or if the transferred employee is reassigned to his old job. Then he and his well-wishers find they have participated "in an inappropriate statement, yet one that cannot be unsaid." The extreme example is "the Enoch Arden case in which a person returning unexpectedly finds not only that his place is no longer available to him, but that another person has filled it, thereby creating what may be worse than a sociological demise, namely, a sociological double...
...MILITARISM: "We don't even have conscription. There are still people in Japan who say we shouldn't have any self-defense forces at all. It is odd that a country like this should be accused of militarism by countries that are nuclear powers. The American nuclear umbrella is a guarantee that Japan will not become a nuclear power...
Demand for such hardware seems greatest in New York City, where scores of muggings occur each day. "The number of people looking for a good defensive weapon has really exploded lately," claims Norman Simon, who owns three Manhattan umbrella stores. Catering primarily to law-abiding citizens who are reluctant to tote a handgun, Simon has since last December sold 200 steel-knobbed umbrellas and canes, 300 metal swagger sticks and 400 walking sticks weighted with buckshot...
ORGANIZATIONS. Women's Liberation formally began with the founding in 1966 of the National Organition for Women, which remains the largest and most influential movement group, the original umbrella under which other groups pressed their individual programs. Its membership has doubled to 18,000 in the past year; around 255 chapters now exist in 48 states. N.O.W. has led assaults in Congress and the courts on issues ranging from child care to abortion reform. Growing even faster is the National Women's Political Caucus, aimed at putting more levers of government power into female hands (see following story...
Omission. While the Times usually sticks to one page for special features, Long Island's Newsday and the Washington Post have moved toward full feature sections covering the arts, the media, lifestyles, personalities of both sexes-all under one umbrella. These papers run paragons of what women's sections can become. Newsday's "Part II," with an assist from its tabloid format, reads much like a newsmagazine. Stories dealing with medicine, behavior, entertainment are separated into subsections. Not one is devoted exclusively to women, and the omission is not an oversight. Explains Newsday Executive Editor David Laventhol...