Culled From 7500 Columns And Spanning Four Decades, From His Early Days To His Last Dispatch, The Writings In This Collection Reflect A Radically Changing America As Seen By A Man Whose Keen Sense Of Justice And Humor Never Faltered.--jacket. The Sixties -- September 6, 1963 Tavern Gets Taken For A Ride, And A Taxi Driver Mourns -- March 15, 1966 Complete Apology For Overrating The Irish Thirst -- August 8, 1966 T-shirted Punks Slay A Dragon -- August 16, 1967 Picasso And The Cultural Rebirth Of Chicago -- September 14, 1967 It Wasn't Our Clout She Stole, But A Counterfeit -- October 27, 1967 Let's Update City's Image -- December 19, 1967 Mary And Joe Chicago-style -- March 19, 1968 Ghetto Burial For A Gi Hero -- April 2, 1968 Lbj Deserved A Better Fate -- April 9, 1968 Million In His Firing Squad -- April 11, 1968 Are You Really A Cubs Fan? -- June 6, 1968 How About Gun As Our Symbol? -- July 8, 1968 He Can Dream, Can't He? -- July 31, 1968 The Accordion Vs. The Guitar -- August 28, 1968 Cops Threaten Law And Order -- November 14, 1968 Haggis? Then Try Czernina! -- November 22, 1968 Haggis Eaters Strike Back -- July 17, 1969 He Rockets Into The Past -- December 16, 1969 A Jumbo Gripe On Airplanes -- The Seventies --^ January 16, 1970 The Kids Tell It Like It Is -- July 20, 1970 A Shovelful Of Bad Thinking -- October 22, 1970 Let's All Drink To Bill Goat -- August 20, 1971 Mighty Teddy Still The Champ -- October 25, 1971 The Old Man And The Farm -- February 1, 1972 The Day Slats Fell For A Girl -- April 14, 1972 He's Convinced Archie's Real -- October 25, 1972 Jackie's Debut A Unique Day -- November 1, 1972 Viet Verdict: Mostly Guilty -- November 8, 1973 Bellying Up To Success -- November 23, 1973 Hearty Hallo From Greece -- December 10, 1973 A Faceless Man's Plea -- December 11, 1973 The Va Does A Fast Reversal -- May 31, 1974 How This City Really Works -- August 9, 1974 Let's Look At Immunity -- December 27, 1974 How To Cure Hangover: First Try Moaning -- September 3, 1975 A Hard Look At Mooching -- October 8, 1975 Poverty Aid, Chicago-style -- January 7, 1976 Daley Always A Quota Man -- May 5, 1976 Mr. Sinatra Sends A Letter -- June 22, 1976 So, Let's All Pick A Quote --^ August 2, 1976 Hefner's Back--or Wait, Is He? -- December 21, 1976 Daley Embodied Chicago -- February 17, 1977 Why Do Purveyors Of Hate Go Untouched? -- July 26, 1977 Image May Change, But City Keeps Its Traditions -- April 19, 1978 Bucking Hard For The Equal Rights Amendment -- July 7, 1978 Don't Let Food Bug You -- August 11, 1978 The Agony Of Victory -- April 4, 1979 Bossy Cows The Party -- June 13, 1979 John Wayne's True Grit -- September 2, 1979 An Ode To The Softies -- October 5, 1979 Thanks To All Of You -- November 22, 1979 A November Farewell -- The Eighties -- June 3, 1980 A Poll Cut On The Bias -- June 27, 1980 Demolition Derby -- November 18, 1980 Time Weakens The Bond -- January 20, 1981 Epitaph For Jimmy -- March 17, 1981 These Feet Are Made For Nothing -- May 13, 1981 Algren's Golden Pen -- May 15, 1981 Dear God: Why? -- July 30, 1981 A Pact Of Cherish -- November 22, 1981 Mike Royko--high-rise Man -- March 7, 1982 My Belushi Pals --^ March 16, 1982 Don't Write Off Belushi -- April 11, 1982 Survival Talk Stinks -- February 23, 1983 Give Washington Break -- November 2, 1983 Halas: A Classic Of Grit -- January 12, 1984 In Alien's Tongue, I Quit Is Vacation -- March 2, 1984 A Gop Function Flush With Luxuries -- March 9, 1984 Slats Mistakes Gop For God -- September 17, 1985 A Grave Report From Medicare -- October 17, 1985 If This Isn't Danger, What Is? -- November 14, 1985 Abused Baby 1, System A Big 0 -- December 24, 1985 A Lovely Couple, Bound With Love -- January 29, 1986 These Seven Were Special People -- February 11, 1986 Sorry, Reggie, You Struck Out -- June 23, 1987 Fred Astaire Was A Class Act Until The End -- July 9, 1987 A True Hero Puts North To The Test -- June 27, 1988 When Prix Fixe Is Hard To Swallow -- August 9, 1988 Cubs Park Wasn't Always Like This -- October 5, 1988 Shopping Isn't Everyone's Bag -- December 20, 1988 Daley The Elder And Daley The Younger --^ August 15, 1989 Woodstock Was Just A Muddy Memory -- The Nineties -- March 16, 1990 Why Be A Writer? Think Of Your Feet -- June 1, 1990 A None Rub Of Sorts For Ditzy Word Jocks -- June 13, 1990 Flag Foes Show No Real Burning Desire -- July 12, 1990 Message On Aids Gets Lost In Poster -- March 12, 1991 Kuwait's Future Brighter Than Ours -- March 19, 1991 Ticket To Good Life Punched With Pain -- April 23, 1991 It Didn't Take Long To Lose Euphoria -- July 17, 1991 Sensitivity Pops Up In The Unlikeliest Place -- December 26, 1991 David Duke Has A Partner In Slime -- September 23, 1992 Next Time, Dan, Take Aim At Arnold -- November 27, 1992 He Could Fill Book With Pithy Phrases -- December 1, 1992 Parents, Not Cash, Can Enrich A School -- December 3, 1992 Old Story Is News To Baby Boomers -- October 7, 1993 A City In Full-court Depression -- November 30, 1993 Politically Incorrect, But Right On Target -- February 1, 1994 We Love Her, We Love Her Not, We Love --^ March 9, 1994 Whitewater Almost Too Far Out There -- June 29, 1994 Eeoc Is Lacking In Wisdom Teeth -- August 30, 1994 Not His Kind Of Photog, Ferguson Is -- January 26, 1995 Don't Bet On A Guilty Verdict For O.j. -- February 24, 1995 Horrors Of The Past Are G-rated Today -- October 17, 1995 Look, Up In The Sky, It's A Bird ... It's A Plane ... It's Mike! -- October 18, 1995 Eloquence And Gall On Washington Mall -- January 26, 1996 And It's One, Two, Three Strikes ... You're Sued -- April 10, 1996 Rostenkowski's Sin Was Not Changing With The Times -- May 16, 1996 Clinton's Big Lead Easily Explained In Age Of Indulgence -- January 10, 1997 Arrghh! Disney Walks The Plank For Politically Correct -- March 21, 1997 It Was Wrigley, Not Some Goat, Who Cursed The Cubs. Commentaries By Lois Wille ; With A Foreword By Studs Terkel.

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