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...remember the height of the cold war, consider this: by 1960, about 15,000 high schools were equipped with radiation-monitorin g kits. "Duck-and-cover" films depicting how to act during a nuclear assault were part of the elementary school curriculum. The U.S. had distributed 55 million wallet-size cards with instructions on what to do in the event of an attack. Backyard bomb shelters were common. Senior Washington officials received an emergency telephone number that bypassed the commercial system and linked them directly to crisis operators, who understood that if the caller uttered the single code word -- FLASH...
...then there are the many different thicknesses, fits, an textures: Ultra-thin. Form-fitting. Large Snug-fitting. Viba-ribbed. Non-lubricated. Lubricated. Lined and contoured condoms adorned with stimulating dots. There is even "Nature's Bookbag," a condom wallet for those who value discretion...
...would make sense for the institutions t coexist. Harvard, America's first, best and most famous university, ought to be within reach of McDonald's, America's first, best and most famous fast food joint. Students are perpetually low on cash, and McDonald's is easy on the wallet. Students are always busy, and McDonald's is fast. Golden arches and Veritas. It's a match made in heaven...
...months later, Harvard detectives traveled to New Hampshire and nailed a longtime Harvard yard wallet thief...
...stepped an elderly man in a rumpled grey tweed jacket and equally wrinkled slacks. He reached into his back pocket for his wallet to pay the cab driver, then picked up a small brown tweed garment bag and walked past an indifferent press corps into the library...