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Later that month, Harvard students hold an "Indochina Teach-In," at which U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy (D-Minn.), New York Times associate editor Tom Wicker and MIT professor Noam Chomsky speak on behalf of the anti-war cause...
Most retro-bikes are seen with a basket, which can be attached to the front or the back. These include the small wicker model, the milk crate, the traditional metal grid and the snappable, apparently useless leather pouch which hides beneath and in back of the seat. Nothing may be carried in these baskets. The seat is either in black or tan leather and is most often eaten away at the edges by some sort of decades' old fungus. Handlebars must be upright in "cruising fashion," and the number of speeds may not exceed three. A "bell" is optional...
...something." Or something is right. The highest concentration of these retro-bikes can be found on the racks in front of Gato Rojo and the Graduate School of Design. But the quintessential retro-bike, the Platonic ideal of retro-bikes, the mother ship herself--a model with both a wicker basket and a leather pouch--usually sits regally locked outside the Signet Society. She awaits your admiration...
...time Madeleine Albright sinks into a wicker chair at a corner table in a quiet Georgetown restaurant, the circles under her eyes are dark and deep. She's running an hour late; she's skipped a reception at the Czech embassy. Her ambassador in Paris is dying. It has been a long day. The Merlot comes in a big glass...
...year when the G.O.P. legislative strategy backfired, Wicker stands by his party. He consistently defends Newt Gingrich and supports a tax cut in lieu of a minimum-wage hike. He was one of only seven newcomers to win a seat on the powerful Appropriations Committee. It would be hard for Wicker to hide his G.O.P. stature from voters, and he makes no attempt...