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...Ackerman recalled that 165 people attended the confab. "We had a banquet so expensive that only 29 of us could afford it," he told Ed. "I couldn't even afford to lend the money to Ray Bradbury, 'cause it was one dollar a plate. Of course no food, you understand, just a dollar for a plate." Forry wore the spaceman outfit around the city, attracting cries of "Buck Rogers!" and "Flash Gordon!" from local children. He added: "They had an Esperanto convention, the artificial language, which I know. ... So I was in this futuristic costume and I went...
...confronted with identity issues, the question of, ‘Can you really be independent in these times?,’ and the feeling that any day [the War] could end,” Bala says. “It’s hard for our generation to understand 20 years out, but now is a particularly good time to start taking stock of these things and the legacy of the Cold War.” This production of “Chess” forgoes flashy costumes and big dance numbers in favor of a more humanizing view...
...Sugrue recounts, was turned into an “anti-desegregation social club.” At certain points, the personal voices Sugrue weaves into his history manage to inspire the reader. Take Roxanne Jones, who proclaims in response to welfare cuts, “We must make them understand that we will not stand by quietly while they throw us out onto the streets. We are fighting for our lives and we will not be denied.”Despite being a dense and sometimes pedantic book, “Sweet Land of Liberty” successfully reveals...
...trollop!” she said between gritted teeth. “You think you can seduce me, too.”“No, no!” Roxanna protested. “I—we—you don’t understand!”“I understand perfectly,” Felicity said, yanking Roxanna up by the hair and beginning to shake her. “Frederick!” Roxanna cried. “Help!” In moments, the two women had landed back...
...citizens, a principle known as the "Golden Rule." Several members of the group said they would be open to developing a new government-wide standard, as long as it only permitted techniques similar to those allowed in the field manual. "I think the field manual is fine, but I understand agency jealousies," said retired Admiral John Hutson, who is a member of the group. "What I am bound to is a single standard, and that that standard be the golden rule...