Word: within
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mein from his car at the point of a submachine gun. He stepped out, then broke and ran. There was a shout: "Kill him! Kill him!" The submachine gunner squeezed off a burst at Mein's back. The ambassador fell in the middle of the street and died within moments...
Only slightly less devastating are the weapons of chemical and biological warfare (CBW) that are already within the reach of contemporary warriors. Sophisticated and sinister, CBW can be waged in many ways. There are gases that can incapacitate an opponent temporarily or deal him a quick, mortal blow. A few pounds of LSD in a city's water supply could theoretically send the entire population helplessly tripping. Entire nations could be infected with strange, drug-resistant diseases spread by a handful of immunized saboteurs...
...Whenever the property owner has a death within the family, he should have a neighbor or friend remain at the house while the family attends the funeral services. Burglars are not saddened by others' deaths...
...Never leave just a small light burning when you are leaving home. This has been used as a disguise so much that even the novice burglar comprehends that it is a falsehood and that no one is within the dwelling. When leaving your home for a shopping trip or an evening out, turn your radio on so that it can be heard by anyone standing near your front or rear door...
...into an esthetic principle. "Pain, grief, failure, have always seemed to me truer than success or pleasure," he says. It is this principle that leads him to so much disjointed and self-pitying maundering. As a devout solipsist, he feels that the answer to his despair must come from within himself. As an obsessed truth seeker, however, he will be satisfied with nothing less than some externally produced revelation. Alcohol and Martin Buber's transcendant optimism provide only temporary relief...