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"Well," he said. "I'm afraid Columbia is not for you, young man. Why don't you look into the community colleges? Perhaps you could be a technician of some sort."

The Right's leading lights shine warmly on left infiltrator John Rees. The FBI has called him “un­scrupulous” and the IRS says he was “a known con man.”

“It seems the Velvets are now back to where they once belonged, functioning as a genuine rock ‘n’ roll dance band ... The result can be positively exhilarating”

“Given that black folks make art and mar­ket it within white supremacist capitalist patriarchy, none of us can ignore the reality that any black person who wants to create a product with mass crossover appeal must do some serious soul-searching”

Three killings have been linked to show­ings of 'The Warriors' during the first week of its release. “They don't come here looking for trou­ble, but they see this movie and it ends up trouble”

Something's hap­pening here. What it is ain't exactly clear. Is the '60s revival a thaw in the Big Chill, or just more evidence of fashion giving people the illusion of freedom?