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Miss Mansfield "whose 165 I.Q.," according to the C.I. press release, "matching her physical I.Q. (Incredible Qualities)," says, "You can mess yourself up pretty heavily by giving vent to sexual desire. People, and particularly the young, should channel their sex drives elsewhere--either into work or sports." And she adds, "Indiscriminate use of sexual desire makes no sense. I mean, after all, you don't let a child eat all the candy he wants merely because he wants...
...Detroit's name for the unburned fuel vapors that escape from the cylinders of an internal combustion engine during the compression stroke. From the cylinders, the fuel enters the crankcase, where its hydrocarbon-rich fumes mingle with the vapors from hot engine oil, then slip out through a vent into the surrounding atmosphere...
...reported a 1.000% increase in orders for its "Family Radiation Kits"-fallout-detection devices. In California's San Fernando Valley, Joseph Nathanson, a Los Angeles public relations man, gravely watched a flatbed trailer truck thunder down Sepulveda Boulevard carrying a giant, tar-coated concrete cylinder with apertures for vent pipes and doors. "It gives you a jolt, seeing that shelter going down the road," he said. "A year ago I'd have snickered...
Last week the official German Communist youth organ, Young World, gave vent to its chagrin. It ungallantly charged the U.S. with rigging the contest to call attention to East Germany's refugee problem: "It fitted wonderfully-an East Zone girl who 'chose freedom' and is beautiful, too." In East Germany, Marlene had been respected as an engineer, cried Young World indignantly, while in the West only her bust, waist and hips (36½-23-36) won admiration. And anyway, the newspaper warned Marlene, "You will only reign one year until the next contest...
...goals of accomplishment, agreeing with President Kennedy '40 that the health of the mind is directly proportional to the health of the body. Still others play because they want it on their record for graduate school. And then there are some who participate because they need a place to vent rage and frustrations. Every man has his own reason...