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...rammed out through two immense blocks of speakers high on either side of the stage. The vowels mix stickily with the air of the auditorium, already saturated by the fume of tens of thousands of packed bodies, the smoke of 50,000 cigarettes and a few pounds of weed, forming an acrid blue vault overhead...
Peering dolefully at the world through weed-colored glasses, Woody Allen looks like a one-man illustration of the blind leading the halt. Nonetheless, at 36, he has become one of America's funniest writers and certainly its most unfettered comedian. He is also among its most amply rewarded artists. He has produced three bestselling record albums, and written two Broadway hits. Six movies using the Allen talent have grossed more than $35 million. The New Yorker publishes his prose. His last movie, Play It Again, Sam, is doing brisk business in neighborhood theaters across the U.S., while...
...Moscow school got together and refused to wear the standard brown wool uniforms. "Now," he says, "they wear what they please." Communist Party membership is still the criterion for advancement, but a plan to issue new party cards is under way as part of an effort to weed and prune the membership for new growth...
...examination the patient pedals a bicycle-like device against increasing resistance. Meanwhile, his oxygen consumption is being measured, and the electrocardiograph is tracing heart reaction. The test continues until the heart reaches 85% of its maximum rate or until the patient-experiences some distress. The procedure allows Zohman to weed out people who are not up to any strenuous activity. For those who do qualify, Zohman writes an individual "prescription" of exercise based on how the heart has performed...
...POSSIBLE TO STOP SMOKING, EMANCIPATE YOURSELF IN FIVE DAYS began to brighten the dreary walls of lava stone buildings. Merchants reported a rush on licorice drops, peanuts, chewing gum, after-dinner mints and other tobacco substitutes. A man of God?his own flesh too weak to relinquish the weed completely?preached a sermon of support from his pulpit in the town's basilica. "I am not one of the courageous 155," acknowledged Father Leon Dumas. "But I have rationed myself down from ten to five cigarettes...