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...consider the ill-informed criticism that is now aimed their way. He was also impressed with their safety record and with the strange mixture of gruesome, warlike preparation and peaceful pleasures that he found in the areas where they work. "Fishermen drop their lines in the ponds at Pine Bluff Arsenal. At Tooele, the day I was there, thousands of school kids were paying Armed Forces Day visits. There was only one 'incident': a bright teen-ager managed to start up a tank...
...fever and various strains of encephalitis, botulism, cholera, glanders and pneumonic plague. The major biological agents that the Army "keeps on the shelf" ready for use are anthrax, Q-fever, tularemia (rabbit fever) and psittacosis (parrot fever). Stored in sod-covered, concrete "igloos" at the Army's Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas, they are kept in constant cy cles of development, production, storage, elimination and replacement. The quantities now on hand are said to be modest, but the Army has ample resources for fast mass production whenever the need arises...
...parents lead, are inspired by the things that inspired them or feel to be important ideals that are the breath of life to them? How many Englishmen under 25 stand to attention when the anthem is played or long for the great days of Empire? Your father's bluff common sense and your mother's gracious ordinariness are precisely the qualities needed to capture the affection of our parents. That is precisely why they seem an irrelevancy to us. It is not that we dislike them. They simply do not seem to be important...
...resort town of San Clemente, 50 miles south of Los Angeles. The location appeared ideal for a presidential retreat. The weather is dry and sunny nearly year-round, offering a respite from muggy Key Biscayne summers. There is privacy; the house sits on 20 sequestered acres on a bluff between the ocean and the coastal highway. There is even the convenience of nearby Camp Pendleton, with a handy helicopter pad for presidential commuting...
...hour later, Nora was standing near the edge of the same bluff Tim had taken me to on the ski-doo. Her back was facing the mist-engulfed quarry. About ten yards in front of her was Tim, looking through his camera, which was on a tripod balanced on the show. Between Tim and Nora was Eric, who had leather encased tape recorder strapped over his shoulder, a headset over his ears, and a long mike in his hand. Behind Tim and leaning on the ski-doo were Phoebe and myself. We were shooting the first take...