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...white model inside the cabin. Other improvements in their paraphernalia: antiglare visors, 8-oz. water pouches inside their suits ("Nice for wetting the whistle," Haise explains), backpacks to haul lunar samples (instead of the fancy Teflon bags that hooked to their sides) and even a nylon whisk broom to brush off the clinging lunar dust...
After this, a shut-eyed journey through a maze begins. In the maze, a man or a woman, alternately, leads the playgoer by the hand. They whisper and murmur, making sounds that seem like endearments. There are caresses, lips brush one's cheeks and one responds in kind. One's hands are perfumed with honeysuckle. A piece of apple may be popped into one's mouth...
...Saigon suspect they intended to use their press cover to probe sources of news leaks, the operation of the black market and the scope of antiwar movements. Despite attempts by the agents to melt invisibly into the Saigon press corps, their cover was quickly blown. MACOI tried to brush off the incident by blaming it on a major who had approved the cards, but in fact he had merely obeyed orders. The U.S. embassy pushed for a fuller inquiry. Perhaps the Office of Information should be called the unreal MACOI...
...Moskowitz, head of sales, "It's like a fairy tale." To assure a happy ending, Mr. Moskowitz warns customers of the few snarls involved: "Don't wear the wig when you are looking at a roast, excessive heat makes it frizz. Don't use a nylon brush, it causes static. Don't comb and brush when wet, the set can come out." Otherwise, he beams, "just wear, and enjoy...
...What is truth?" The painter, staring, pauses long for his reply. Pieter Bruegel, especially, waits and wonders. There is no hurry; the truth is nothing if not true tomorrow too. He lifts his narrow brush and makes a line. It is a mile-long road that rounds a bend into infinity...