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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Friday, JuF n.O, 1973 23 Slang Preferable to Current Locution Modes By Creed C Black F.ditor. Philadelphia Inquirer Visiting the space center list week, one of the to participate in a joint Rus-ian- u -l' Houston selected S mis- sion scheduled for 1975 was asked if he anticipated any language difficulties His reply (after translation) was, English no problem Well, maybe it isn't tor him, but it seems to be more and more of a problem for many of the people who claim it as their native tongue. Some scholar, whose name escapes me, complained just the other da. about the wav young Americans are debasing the language with their current slang, punctuated endlessly with you know" and 1 mean." He has a point, all right, but the young have always had their own jargon and usually manage to outgrow it No, jou may NOT quote me as saying the President has a bug!' What's more, the strange tongues in which they communicate generally have the virtue of simphntv, and some ot their words and purases prove so apt that tlvoy find their way into common ii'.igo and sometimes even into ihe diction. o ms For mv pait, I am mere offended by the trend toward pomposity and obfuscation by more mature citizens who n.Msi on calling a spade any Hung but a specie W nshinqton, of course, is the haUxxl this vice. A spade or shove! heie, is now a combat emplacement evacuator" parachute has suddenly become an aerodynamic personnel decelerator" and oil drums placed around highway obstructions are impact attenuation devices " ! As anybody following the Watergate Senator Soapcr The gasoline shortage may load many people to vacation at home And if they simply must get away from the strains and pressures of home they can spend their hohdavs at work hearings knows, John V. Dean III simply could not bnng himself to say then" or "now " It was, instead, at that point m time" or "at this point m time " In another congressional hearing some time back, an official said his department w as scoping" a problem W hen asked what he meant by that, he e plained .he department was "determining the parameters of the problem And that, as one commentator noted at the time, almost made the committee eager to return to scoping Unhappily, the virus has spread well beyond the nations capital. Just last week, the president of the union representing Pennsylvanias striking liquor dorks said after a bargaining session 1 that they hail a meaningful dialogue interpret that to mean that they had a useful talk. But at least it can be interpreted, which is more than can be said for some of the writing pouring out ei the academic community W. Clement Stone Ends Silence Key Fund-Raise- r By Jerome Watson and Joel Weisman Chicago Sun-Tim- CHICAGO After five years of Stone silence, multimillionaire insurance tycoon W. Clement Stone finally has decided to tell all about his massive poht-ic- l campaign contributions. And the question, in a word, is why? Had the political actuarial tables finally told Stone that his time was at hand for testifying before Watergate investigators? Did he therefore want to avoid any appearance of revealing the extraordinary extent of his political contributions under hard questioning? Used for Sabotage? There were, after all, rumors of which Stone was aware that some of his contributions $7 million at all levels since 1968, including nearly $5 million to President Nixon might have been used in political sabotage activities. Did Stone thus feel that candor concerning his unprecedentedly large political gifts would help the embattled Mr. Nixon? Or, was philanthropist Stone lured into an ego trip of revelations by consistent reports that underestimated the extent of his contributions? (In 1968, when he gave Mr. Nixon $2.8 million, he more than was credited with giving $500,000.) But important than more perhaps Stones motive in disclosing his contribu- - tions and the recipients of his veritable mountain of cash is the conception Stone has of politics and its funding, which he discussed in an exclusive interview in his Winnetka, 111., lakefront villa last week. Stop at Nothing Stone stunned us by declaring, as he puffed casually on an expensive cigar, that he had been prepared in 1968 to give Mr. Nixon far more money than he did whatever funtjs would, in truth, have been necessary to ensure that money would be no bar to Mr. Nixons winning the presidency. The mind boggles at such a declaration: that in a democracy, featuring decentralized, balanced powers, one man could use his personal wealth to influence the course of political history. (As a matter of fact, Stone told us he felt he had an opportunity in 68 to change the and that sincourse of world history gle handedly.) Stone acknowledged that like other large contnbutors he circumvented legal limits on giving by spreading his funds for Mr. Nixon among hundreds of ad e hoc, committees, giving the personal maximum of $3,000 to each. single-purpos- Contribution Game he said. Herbert Alexander, head of the Cit- - Dr. T. R. Van Dellen American Diet Takes Credit For Problems of Dysentery Amoebiasis no longer is called amoebic dysentery, because too few of the victims develop diarrhea. Loose bowels do occur, but when t.V)rf the condition was labelled dysentery, the diagnosis was or not missed even considered unless dysentery was present. We know now that the majority of amoebic ' fections acquired the United States Dr. Van Dellen do not cause symptoms. Credit belongs to the American diet. Apparently, the causative parasites happily feeding on the intestinal contents see no need to invade the wall. Travel, fatigue, stress, and pregnancy aggravate involvement and often bring on abdominal distress. What is amoebiasis? It is an intestinal infection caused by the single-celleparaMan Entamoeba site, histolytica. becomes infected by ingesting food or water contaminated with fecal material containing the cysts of the amoeba. d Set Up Housekeeping The cysts pass through the lower bowel, where they get into the wall and set up housekeeping. The result is a form of amoeba that is easily passed to the outside to repeat the cycle. Others spending. Stone's view is that it is perfectly reasonable for one man of enormous w ealth or an even to play so major a role in a presidenbigger one, if necessary tial campaign. But more interesting, perhaps, is Stones perception that in modem campaigns, espionage is not a surprising undertaking. asserts Although Stone steadfastly that he doesnt think any of his contributions were used for illegal political sabotage, he notes: Why Be Shocked? With the Pentagon Papers, the Vietnam undeclared war situation and the numerous leaks from the Pentagon, espionage is very much a part of the game. Why should we be shocked when an trained to he under oath agent lies under oath? ex-CI- So we gave to hundreds of committees, because thats the way the con- tribution game is played, izens Research Foundation in New Jersey and perhaps the nation's foremost expert on campaign financing practices, noted that Stones 1968 contnbutions to Mr. Nixon totaled 7 percent of the cost of the Nixon primary and general election campaigns. In 1972, when the President did not have to mount an expensive primary effort. Stone's gifts totaled about 4 percent of Mr. Nixon's multiply within the intestine, causing a gastrointestinal illness lasting from three hours to 30 years. As a rule, the amoe-ba- s dig into the intestinal wall, producing shallow ulcers. Diagnosis is made via a microscopic study of a fresh stool specimen. A blood test also is available. Amoebiasis is generally considered to be a tropical disease, but it is not necessary to travel to exotic places to develop the condition. Actually, 5 percent of the people who harbor the parasites have never traveled far from home. Yet, amoebiasis is a possibility when a person who has been in Mexico or Viet Nam develops diarrhea. May Land in Liver Occasionally, the amoebas escape from the intestinal wall and land in the liver via the bloodstream. The outcome is hepatitis or liver abscess. The diagnosis of these conditions is not always easy to make, but treatment with emetine is in order when they are suspected or the abscess can be demonstrated with a liver scan. Emetine controls the symptoms of amoebiasis, but is not as successful as Diodoquin, tetracycline, or chloroquine in the elimination of the amoeba. A new synthetic compound, and Flagyl also are dehydroemetine, remedies. promising Stone also observed that espionage is where inpart of the game in business dustrial sabotage is a daily occurrence. Of course, sabotage may be unnecessary where personal wealth and a willingness to spend it to elect candidates is as great as it has been in the case of Stone, who is 72 and first entered politics in a big way in 1968. As Alexander points out, money does not guarantee victory, although it is a dominating influence in politics. The Republicans might have slipped into extinction in the 1930s if they had not had large sums to spend in the heyday of the New Deal. And John F. Kennedys liberal use of his familys personal wealth helped him to overcome the religious obstacle to the presidency in 1960. Reg. $4 to $7. Womens sleepwear. These best sellers are made of 1 00 nylon Tricot . Comfortable scoop neck design or design. One with no sleeves the other with a cap sleeve. Self ruffles or lace trim. Check the cool criss-cro- ss colors. S., M., L. Outsized Roles Siiil, what is one to say of a political funding system that permits a handful of men such as Stone to play super-ncoutsized roles in presidential politics, as well as influencing the outcome of scores of local elections throughout the country, and even which candidates win slating! Does the system then become their plaything? And should the funding of elections undergo further reforms to reduce such influence? h Remember: Stone says he was prepared to spend anything necessary to help Mr. Nixon to victory in 1968. Might he have given $5 million? $10 million? even more? What will he do m 1976, and for whom? These are heavy questions, worth some meditation. Stone is the author of a book entitled, The Success System That Cant Fail. Thats an intriguing title for a book about business. But it seems a chilling to political motto for a 40to$ Reg. $3 to $5. Girls' casual tops. Polyester rib knits in the fashionable shrink topper design or polyester cotton contrasts with the built-i- n layer look. Your fashion wise girls will love these. Stock up and save. espouse. Goren on Todays Bridge Hand By C. H. Goren South vulnerable. Both deals. NORTH 764 V AK AK75 A J 10 9 O EAST Void WEST KQ9 q? VJ9R6S432 q io O Q J 6 4 A famous bridge writer once wrote: "If your opponents have never made a doubled contract against you, you arent doubling enough!" He should have added a stricture against doubling and thereby enabling the opponents to land an otherwise unmakable contract. 0 932 10 6 87 31 Souths three spade A A V J 10853 2 onK partners presumed sevn or eight, arrived at a minimum of 12 tricks and bid the slam with no more ado. West could not resist doubling, as he had what appeared to be two cer- Q 5 The bidding1 Opening lead: I en of tain trump tricks. West led the queen for his double. To avoid two trump losers, declarer had to shorten his trumps to the same length as Wests. Therefore, he had to ruff four times. For him to accomplish this, West had to have exactly four cards in each minor suit. open- ing is a sound vulnerable preemptive bid. North added his five quick tricks to his SOUTH monds, and when dummy came down it was Obvious to declarer that West had io have all the missing trumps of dia Dummys king of diamonds won the first trick. The ace was cashed, and a diamond was ruffed. A club was lex to the nine and dummy's remaining dia- mond was ruffed. The king of clubs was cashed, the queen of clubs was overtaken with the ace and the fourth club was ruffed. Declarer now com- pleted his trump reduction by leading to the king of hearts and ruffing the ace. At this point, declarer was of down to the trumps only, while West held Declarer simply led the ten. West won the queen, but he had to lead away from his k'r.g nine of trumps ino declark tenace. er's Without a double to guide him, declarer would certainly have been defeated. The natural way to play the hand would have been to lead a trump at trick two, and thre would have been no way to recover. West was greedy. His double stood to gain 109 points. Instead, it ended up costing his side, 1.660 points ace-jac- Reg. 1.67 to 3.98 Boys knit shirts. Choose from contrast solids with the long point collar, mock turtle necks, button mocks, tape necks, or crew neck styles. Random stitch or horizontal stripes. 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