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...Quoted as finding "something morally questionable" in the deferment of students [March 25], I want to put this remark into its wider context by adding that I have long wanted to see a national system of service established that would permit young people to enter the Peace Corps or similar (sometimes hazardous) agencies as a legitimate alternative to military service. Moreover, many students, as you suggest, are troubled by this issue, complicated as it is by their often finding the war in Viet Nam itself morally questionable. A lottery, while in some sense more democratic, contributes nothing to the problem...
Dirty Dick's. No other city offers a wider variety of ways in which to pass the time, and Londoners pursue their pleasures as relentlessly as people anywhere in the world. London has hundreds of pleasant pubs with such charming names as the Bricklayers' Arms, Coal Hole, Crown and Two Chairmen, Dandy Roll and Dirty Dick's, but the two current favorites among the In set are the Cross-Keys and the King's Head and Eight Bells. Dozens of nightclubs offer totally uninhibited striptease, including Raymond's Revue Bar, sizzling in Soho, where...
...hang around, disconsolately gunning their motorcycles). The latest In look for girls is the very skinny look, striped jersey dresses, a lot of yellow, trench coats, berets (especially knitted ones), granny shoes (mostly yellow, please) and big earrings. Just as the '30s look is already returning for men (wider ties, big lapels, black and white shoes), some fashion designers believe that it is on its way for women and will force their hemlines down again...
Their talk, however, is believed to have extended to a wider range of topics, including many of the unresolved issues about what to do with the area around the three major buildings--the Library, the Archieves, and the Institute...
Still, it is one of the realities of symphony life that players' salaries in the top 25 orchestras last year averaged only $5,267. The cultural explosion has attracted wider support, but resources are still woefully lacking. Though performing-arts centers are shooting up as fast as prefab bungalows, many orchestras must play under less than ideal conditions. The New Orleans Philharmonic, which performs in the Municipal Auditorium, often has to compete with the roars from a wrestling match on the other side of the wall; concerts in St. Louis' Kiel auditorium are punctuated with cheers at Hawks...