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Pity Jerzy Kosinski.
who escaped his native
to the United States,
rumors for years. Novi
media have renewed ai
rumors.
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rumors. They have s;
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plagiarized. This claii
othfir works hv Kosir
Kosinski is a CIA mei
had a hand in publishi
also been said Kosins
own novels.
Recently, these cha
when the liberal Villag
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the rumors. Papers ac
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questioning him.
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Kosinski and deflating
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Post, a major rival of
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whether the Times ha<
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was proper for the
defense of Kosinski s
friends at the Times.
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described as reverse ]
McCarthy accused i
communists and mad<
Knsinski has hppn a
because he is anti-coir
How does one prove
How does one prove
The answer is, one ca
But then one shoul<
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proven guilty.
Kosinski has been a:
despite lack of inforn
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demonstrate he is not
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for the attacks. We i
return to times wher
credibility while theii
supporting facts for th
The courts will fir
guilty. He does not ne
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give credibility to run
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I Ronstadt doei
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s
lie victim des
Groucho's, Moi
tter to "Kathy" and Swenson's, and
! young women who are catching 01
eing bulimic in your sack of Big Mac
cfe. home; the pint?
and have been bulimic a sick husband i
I have been bulimic in f0r a treat; th<
lege, out of college in never make it to
world, and now in
>1 Mv hf?hnvinr u/as Oh wa arp r
ltrolled in college, thieves, and we
se of the "security" of many times tx
lire. I'm glad "Kathy" sweet and beaut
about her future after The world aft
let me warn her that answer. Certaii
>e yet to come. exams and p
e ask "Kathy" and exacerbate th<
the one out of five (These next
5 bulimic to be honest Thanksgiving d
Bulimia is not the Christmas par
worlds." It is not a exams and proj<
of going home after a But after gradu*
nd "hinging" behind afternoons hunc
ntil the release of the boring, hated jo
days of anxiety
insecurity iooki
s a nightmare of that was promis
liness and depression. never seems to i
king like a bloated the days that an
snliuarv tflnnHcV AriH thora'c c/
lays and weekends; it to drive arounc
promises and lies and salary now to
the people who once restaurants. Th
>u and those who are in a cramped r<
e and still do. It means can throw up ar
furious boyfriends who was an overa<
[inner only to hear you straight A's in
m throwing it all up. college. I was si
running of bath water working world
ays drown out the after college. Bi
one job. I've wa
frenzied trips to avoid being firo<
f
[ian center s si
o comment on a letter written by a Mr. Da^
ing the rock 'n' roll seminar sponsored
-istian Center. There is mention in the Bil
re his opinion concerning a subject and stat
>n. Well, I'm going to give mine.
? At. _ _ ? ?
uurai accused uie speaner, BODDy Duvall,
self-righteous and self-justifying. I find tho
>e very offensive to the God Almighty. Bobl
esentative of the Kingdom of God. The wor
the truth. Someone once said that "truth
Dout something."
ull of God's opinions, and although it doesi
ay, "Thy shalt not listen to rock 'n' roll,"
n*>.n. in tlkrv 1 1-. II. I- ? - 1 ?? ' '
oic w \jc iimy as ne is nuiy. ttocK n' roll
jsn't glorify the King.
nt commends R
stage antics to g
an was absolutely . has genuine tal<
5 wrote that "perhaps imagine how sfr
el that something was at the end with
r (Linda Ronstadt's) night of cavc
ance." around on stag*
last mile of the
j not need to rely on - doubt.
gSJRE,WRE IN THERE,
I LOOK IN CHASTER 31
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scribes her
rrison's, McDonald's, PEOPLE
yes, the people there sympathize v
1 to the fact that the the moodine
s are not for friends at you call in s
of ice cream is not for much lunch,
n bed at home waiting sick because
; carry-out pizza will depressed fr
i the front door. that you can'i
, ? , Bulimia is
nnl llflrc unH cnnolrv 1 ? i _
? worias, dui ?
; get away with it so imperfect wo
ecause we are thin, that I have tx
if ill. very very Ion
ter college is not the much that nc
ily, the pressures of if i can't st<
apers and projects youthful, car
j bulimic problem.
, - few weeks of If one out <
inners and leftovers, something is
ties and deadlines, our society,
sets will be so HARD.) know. But Id
ition there are endless each other ar
ihing over a desk in a nightmare. 1
b; there are days and we do this? (
and hopelessness and successful a
ng for that magic job where com
ted with a diploma but researching
materialize. These are is handicapp
e hardest. potential. Is t
) much more freedom I am living
1 and eat. There is a easy answer
pay for expensive DeoDle have
ere are no roommates haven't give
wm to complain. You want to knov
ly time you want to! I I want to fine
:hiever too. I made answer, bu
i high school and in behavior t
ire that success in the necessary t
was going to be easy threatened t<
it I've been fired from is good, that
Iked off three more to
i
sminar draw:
Looking at his lifestyle, I'd ventui
rid most probably is in hell at this ver;
by is absolutely true, because I do
>le relationship with his Maker was.
^ I don't believe that Bobby Duvj
death of John Lennon. God's Word
ftf rinrlrnpac nnH TImxjoII t
Guest, the truth hurts.
t>y
ds Personally, I believe you owe Go<
is I were you, I'd be worrying about v
eternity, instead of worrying aboi
going to be head knowledge, but tl
it end.
10
JLO
onstadt's perl
?ive a good show ? she Come now
snt. Besides, could you gauge perf
?e would have sounded antics, ther
i "Desperado" after a have opened
?rting and scurrying
}? Like a runner on the
s Boston Marathon, no
? m
agony
OUT THERE don't
vith the ups and downs,
ss, the afternoons when
ick because you ate too
or the days you call in
s you are so weak and
om vomiting and Exlax
t make it to work.
; not the host of both
i purgatory between two
rids ? a nightmare state
een in and out of for eight
g years. I have missed so
>w I can never have. And
>p soon, I will miss my
efree 20s, also.
)f five at USC is bulimic,
? terribly wrong ? with
with ourselves, I don't
lo know that we must find
id help each other end the
Vly question is, how can
Jroup therapy has been a
tpproach at institutions
lerned therapists are
this serious problem that
ing us and destroying our
:his a possibility here?
I proof that there are no
s to this problem. Most
given up on me. But I
in up on me yet. I just
r that I am not alone, and
I an answer ? not an easy
t any answer to this
hat has become so
0 me but which has
a destroy everything that
1 have ever achieved.
Name withheld by request
> support
re to say that John Lennon
y moment. I can't say this
n't know what Lennon's
all was gloating over the
says to go out and expose
vas exDosine them. Mr.
d an apology. Mr. Guest, if
vhere I was going to spend
it trivial matters. It's not
le heart that counts in the
K.L. Binns
Nursing sophomore
ormance
let's be fair. If we are to
ormers by their stage
i Linda Ronstadt should
I for the Bus Boys.
Doug McCurry
Computer sconce junior