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...Burgess created a wall-to-wall nightmare in which society dissolves into violence and repression. The condition is reflected in the breakdown of language into "nadsat," a jumble of portmanteau constructions ("He looked a malenky bit poogly when he viddied the four of us"). To Burgess, language is the breath of civilization. Cut it short and society suffocates. That is an insight worth pondering. For if the world is to resist the nadsat future, readers and writers of both sexes must resist onefully any meaningless neologisms. To do less is to encourage another manifestation of prejudice-against reason, meaning...
...said the difference is that there are no gurus in Kundalini Yoga. "The emphasis is on meditation, concentration, exercises, and breath control," he said...
...leave," St. Joseph is saying, like the M.C. of this celestial show of shows, "another wants to speak -one I know you love." Mrs. Klug's head lolls to one side. She sighs. The assembly holds its breath. "My beloved," intones God the Father. "A long time ago I created this hill, and I have come now in this day to repossess it. It will bring millions of souls to me." Then, incredibly on such a clear day, thunder rumbles in the hills. Fran Klug rubs her eyes. But it does not take a sign to confirm the faith...
...speeches followed the McGovern line, told of his "shock" at the Watergate affair, blamed Nixon for the rise in welfare and unemployment rolls, promised jobs for all citizens. He had a little trouble laying down McGovern's tax-the-rich line and in the next breath explaining his own wealth. In Boston, Shriver was asked if he might surrender some of his own inheritance in keeping with the McGovern proposal to increase inheritance taxes. "I didn't inherit a nickel. . .I'm just as bad off as you are; maybe I'm worse off," deadpanned Shriver...
...nattily dressed businessman told a group at Chicago headquarters: "This morning I met a man I used to work with, but it was obvious that he couldn't remember my name. I spotted all the symptoms of fear in me-the pounding in my head, shortness of breath, stomach muscles tightening. But I regarded them as just average symptoms. I even chatted with the man for several minutes. I endorsed myself because before Recovery, I would have lasted only a few seconds and then rushed to the nearest bar to get drunk...