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...Hunt approached me on the next Ellsberg neutralization proposal. Ellsberg was scheduled to speak at a fund-raising dinner in Washington, and Chuck Colson [special counsel to the President] thought it an opportunity to discredit him. Could we drug Ellsberg enough to befuddle him, make him appear a near burnt-out drug case...
...tennis racquet with adjustable tension that permits cannonball serves and puffball returns was unable to find anyone to underwrite his scheme. One of the top promoters behind Great Plains Mineral Byproducts Inc., which claimed to have a process for extracting gold, silver and platinum from the residue of burnt coal, turned out to have a record of three fraud convictions...
...morning traffic on what always seems the hottest day of the summer, I wait for the ugly melody of the construction worker's yell at dawn. The faces stare back at me--a tired traffic cop; the bag lady, waking from a night's sleep in front of a burnt-out marquee; the sleazy bum waiting for Caesar's massage parlor to open its doors to all his lust. By the end of the summer I told time by these people. Their habits were so fixed that I knew I was late to work if the doors to Adam...
Behind the labyrinth of burnt-orange desk dividers sat many of the most competent and respected journalists in America. At any given time about 600 people worked on the third floor. As a replacement for the receptionist during two weeks of the summer, I greeted many of these people every morning when they arrived at work. I got the feeling that if I didn't greet them with a smile and a "good morning" they would only tell time by the edition of the paper that sat on their desks...
...conclusion that the one life she has to give for Hellas is the noblest life to have lived, she radiates a great and unforgettable purity of spirit. The final scene in this segment is a visual stunner. The rising wind whips the garment about Clytemnestra's knees. Alone, burnt-eyed, she raises an arm as she watches the Greek fleet under full sail, a Botticelli Venus transformed into the mater dolorosa...