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Like several of the other jockeys, Ballance himself is often the object of attention. "My name is Linda," said one caller, "and I love you." Most of the t.j.s, in fact, are too busy to do much but read and gear up for the next day's show. "No matter how far out a subject might be," says Judge Rowe, "I'll wager someone will call up and discuss it." Beyond hard work and a gift of gab, however, the t.j.s have little in common. Though they usually try to create the impression that they are young...
...ridge line I could see a glow from the trucks' headlights." A new Soviet wire-guided missile, never before used in Viet Nam, knocked out several ARVN tanks at Tan Canh. One missile penetrated the heavily sandbagged tactical operations center through the air-conditioner port, wrecking the communications gear inside. Immobilized by fear, the South Vietnamese hunkered down in their bunkers, refusing even to man their 24 artillery pieces...
Because people spend so much time on the road in L.A., actual conversation has been partially replaced by bumper stickers, a way of communicating where you're at even while you're busy zipping down the passing lane with your Alfa wound up to 90 in third gear. You can witness whole bumper dialogues as you drive along: A Volkswagener croons in a feminine-hip voice, HAVE A NICE DAY, a Pontiac GTO with an Orange County dealer's sticker snorts back, p.o.w.s NEVER HAVE A NICE DAY, and a VW bus crammed with hippies answers...
...much experience in dealing with politicians, mostly foreign. Some of its best customers for telephone and telegraph gear are European and Latin American governments. Dealings with these government officials are often on a straight quid pro quo basis. For example, in bidding for a government contract abroad, the company might offer to build a plant in an underdeveloped part of the host country. Close ITT watchers do not find it the least unusual that the company-or, for that matter, many a large, powerful firm-when threatened with antitrust prosecution, would approach Administration leaders directly and do everything possible...
...first the Burbidges accepted this arrangement. Then one day Mrs. Burbidge was refused use of an observatory truck to haul her scientific gear up the mountain. That did it: the Burbidges formally protested the antiwoman rule...