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I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting.

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United States:. A nation given either to unjustified over-enthusiasms or infantile furies.

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Armaments; extremely useful for fighting wars, a deadweight in any civil economy.

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The most powerful force possessed by the individual citizen is her own government. . . . Government is the only organized mechanism that makes possible that level of shared disinterest known as the public good.

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Born in elevators and supermarkets, Muzak has spread to restaurants, hotels, airplanes, telephone hold services, and waiting rooms. The public-relations experts believe that human beings fear silence - that is, the absence of constantly imposed direction. It is further believed that if we can be relieved of our fears, we will gain enough self-confidence to buy, eat, vote, fly, or simply go on living.

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A foreigner is an individual who is considered either comic or sinister. When the victim of a disaster - preferably natural but sometimes political -the foreigner may also be pitied from a distance for a short period of time.

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Happy Hour: a depressing comment on the rest of the day and a victory for the most limited Dionysian view of human nature.

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