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The Politics Of Food
It’s very difficult for me to write about food — so many trips and so much worry, joy, and compulsion. My first impulse is to go into a Yiddish tragic-comedy about the whole thing, but not now. My second impulse is to go into a long talk about all the changes in my own feelings and habits surrounding food, but that doesn’t seem right either.
June 1974
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To obtain unemployment insurance in Chapel Hill
To obtain unemployment insurance in Chapel Hill go to the Employment Security Commission office in the basement of the Franklin Street Post Office.
February 1974
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The lady at the local grocery
The lady at the local grocery says she works seven days a week. “I love it,” she says. “Nothing to do at home but watch TV.”
February 1974
A Hillbilly’s Work Ethic
Let me always turn my back on security. For it is the fearful uncertainty of my life that gives me strength.
February 1974
Work
Figuring out what you really want, barely making ends meet, looking busy
February 1974
Street Vending
The Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen have once again put off taking a stand on the controversial street vending issue, at least until next month.
February 1974
