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...readied themselves for this week's traditional onslaught of last-minute shoppers, U.S. retailers were virtually assured of a Christmas sales record -for the 14th year in a row. Although pleased at that prospect, most store own ers are anxiously waiting to see whether the holiday spree will trigger an upsurge in consumer spending...
...Americans may register their disgust with swamps and rice paddies and Viet Cong by refusing to tackle the larger problems of the most heavily-populated continent. As more and more Asian nations gain a sense of national identity, a new attack of American isolationism would trigger a reaction more tragic than all the absurd Vietnams and Laoses put together
...vicarious violence that I participated in while watching Bonnie and Clyde left me so drained that I still have neither the energy nor the desire to pull a trigger-anywhere. Fantastic...
...been: What about the heart's nerve connections, since these cannot be reestablished in transplant surgery? Dr. Shumway's answer: It doesn't matter. Like practically everything else in nature, the heart has fail-safe protection. It has an internal, independent, electrical "ignition systern" to trigger its beats. This system speeds up in response to outside nervous stimulation (excitement) to meet the body's resulting greater demands for blood and oxygen. But even with no external nerve connections, it responds to excitement in essentially the same fashion through the action of adrenal hormones...
...doubt that Mr. Dirksen is correct. Several times in the past two years--most notably during the Tet truce in early 1967--President Johnson has spurned what appeared to be enemy peace talk overtures. It should be recalled, of course, that in February, President Johnson's refusal to trigger talks by stopping the bombing was supported by Senator Dirksen...