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Granting the value of such a code of behaviour, how is one to put it into practice? One person's isolated resolve to treat his next outing with the opposite sex as a shared endeavor would be instantly misunderstood and ridiculed. Such an action constitutes too violent a rejection of the generally accepted value-system of this society. No matter if the courtesy of paying for the girl turns out to be malignant, no one person can make a dent in the established way of doing things. Imagine going up to the average slick Cliffie intimating that...
...California, an area that usually leads the nation in watery accidents, the island of Santa Catalina shimmers enticingly on the horizon, just 24 miles from Los Angeles. "Santa Catalina," says Coast Guard Lieut. Edward McGuire. "You can see it, and the distance seems perfect for a weekend's outing. Everybody makes a try for it, and lots fail: out of gas." In Miami, power-boatmen quickly learned that the local Coast Guard was giving away gas to those whose tanks went dry. "Until some of our skippers got tough and charged a fee," recalls a Coast Guardsman, "we were...
...little hillock and the commanders direct the battle from a fragile watchtower that the Communists somehow manage to miss to the last; in reality, Green Beret camps are heavily bunkered, often reinforced with cement. In the movie, an evening's relaxation for Special Forces officers involves an outing to a Miami-style club, at which some of the guests are in evening clothes; in reality, substitute a few cans of beer in a bare, functional officers' mess. In the movie, the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese walk into the camp's defenses like so many head...
...Latin Quarter and gathered supporters across the country, Prendergast called for reinforcements. London Correspondent Keith Johnson made it to Paris as fast as he could-via Brussels and a poky rented Volkswagen. He began his new beat with a ten-mile hike with worker demonstrators. His day's outing ended in the Latin Quarter, where, along with Paris Correspondent Roger Stone, he dodged police clubs and flying cobblestones. "I always said Paris was a great city to walk in," said Johnson, "but this is ridiculous...
...heroic figure, and many first-time owners, especially men, prefer to ride Western. But such tack is not for the upwardly mobile. For the ladies, the model is Jacqueline Kennedy astride her bay gelding Winchester, while the daughters as avidly keep track of Caroline's every outing with her ponies Macaroni or Leprechaun. Sniffs a Boston dentist, whose whole family rides English, outfitted in boots, breeches and hard hats: "After all, if you ride, you should dress for it. You really can't get the feeling of it in sneakers and jeans...