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...nation's schools for being overly psychoanalytical, and deplored conditions in veterans' hospitals. In between, she conducted a few interviews, asking ex-Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas how she felt about the Red-scare smear campaign that Richard Nixon used to defeat her in 1950. Said Douglas: "I woke up the next morning a free person and found that I had been sincere with myself." With ex-Housewife Pat Loud she discussed the lack of neighborliness in New York. The most stirring interview was when Martha came face to face with a tiger named Prince, who was under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 15, 1974 | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

Last year, when black male admits dropped over 15 per cent, Harvard woke up and drew up what has turned out to be a partially successful recruitment campaign. How else would a serious artist react when he sees the quality of his works come under challenge...

Author: By Charles E. Shepard, | Title: Some Applauded, Others Wondered | 4/13/1974 | See Source »

...woke up when they came on board at Providence, all five making noise and grabbing seats in the observation car. It had been quiet and dull until they got there and rather than see every dirty back yard and factory from Boston to New York, I had slept. There were five, as I said, and only Tom was over twenty. He sat in front of me and I saw the manila envelope and mimeographed sheet in his hand...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Volunteers for America | 3/15/1974 | See Source »

...about time the American people woke up to a few facts about our so-called "détente" with Russia. Détente is just a word to disguise the real purpose of Russia's final goal, which is to rule the world. We cannot afford to be lulled into a false sense of security; it could mean total disaster...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 4, 1974 | 3/4/1974 | See Source »

...Just around that time I had been laid up in the hospital with hepatitis. I had been delirious for a few days, and when I woke up, I told my wife we had to find some land. I just got fed up with working as a lifeguard. You remember me down at the Safari Motel, I was a lifeguard there. Selling suntan lotion. I just got tired of the Safari Motel and phony people. When you're a lifeguard you've got to sell your products. Make 'em buy shit to put on their skins. Sell 'em a buncha lies...

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: In Spudnick's | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

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