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brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I’m not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn’t know how to return that treatment.”
    “Power never takes a back step—only in the face of more power.”
    “Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you are a man, you take it.”
    “After you get your freedom, your enemy will respect you.”
    “You cannot separate peace from freedom, because no one can be at peace until he has his freedom.”
    “Truth is on the side of the oppressed.”
    “Learn to see...listen...and think for yourself.”
    “The colleges and universities in the American education system are skillfully used to miseducate.”
    “There shouldn’t be bars. Behind bars, a man never reforms. He will never forget. He will never get completely over the memory of the bars.”
    Survey results: 70% of high school students try cigarettes, but only 13% smoke regularly.

BOX-OFFICE BLOOPERS
    We all love bloopers. Here are a bunch of movie mistakes to look for in popular films. You can find more in a book called Film Flubs, by Bill Givens.
    M ovie: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
    Scene: Dorothy, the Tin Woodsman, and the Scarecrow dance down the Yellow Brick Road singing, “We’re Off to See the Wizard.”
    Blooper: A crew member can be seen in the background among the trees. (For years, rumors circulated in Hollywood that the crew member had committed suicide and hung himself from one of the trees on the set. The rumors were false.) Note: Also pay close attention to the length of Dorothy’s hair. Because the scenes were filmed out of sequence, her hair changes from mid-length to long to short as the movie progresses.
    Movie: Spartacus (1960)
    Scene: Peter Ustinov gets off of his horse.
    Blooper: His jockey shorts are visible under his tunic as he climbs down.
    Movie: The Alamo (1960)
    Scenes: The battle sequences.
    Bloopers: Though the movie is a Western, you can see several mobile trailers in the distance. (And in another scene, you can see a Stuntman falling into a mattress.)
    Movie: Children of a Lesser God (1986)
    Scenes: Several occasions in which Mariee Matlin (who is deaf and portrays a deaf character) and co-star William Hurt sign to each other during conversations in which Hurt is speaking.
    Blooper: The sign language has nothing to do with the movie—it’s about Matlin’s and Hurt’s private life. (At the time the movie was made, Matlin and Hurt were having an affair.)
    Movie: Rambo III (1988)
    Scene: Rambo steals a “Russian” helicopter.
    Blooper: A small American flag is clearly visible on the helicopter’s rotor housing.
    The average American senior citizen takes 14 prescription drugs.

SENATE FIGHTS
    You’ve heard of floor fights in Congress...but you probably never imagined the kind where people get bloody noses and pull guns on each other. Here are a few instances when that’s exactly what happened.
    F OOTE VS. BENTON
    Background: Senator Henry Foote of Mississippi had a reputation as a hothead and a fighter; he’d been injured in no less than three duels. His temper reached legendary proportions on April 17, 1850, when he drew a pistol on Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri in the Senate chamber.
    What Happened: Benton had just finished delivering a stinging attack on Foote’s recently deceased mentor, former Vice President John C. Calhoun of South Carolina. Suddenly Foote leaped to his feet and denounced Benton as a coward. When Benton advanced toward the offending senator, Foote retreated and pulled a pistol from his coat. Benton replied: “I have no pistols. Let him fire. Stand out of the way. Let the assassin fire.”
    Result: Chaos ensued. Finally, Senator Daniel Dickinson of New York took Foote’s pistol away. Foote was later reprimanded for his behavior but no other charges were pressed.
    BROOKS VS. SUMNER
    Background: Civil War tensions boiled over in Congress on May 22, 1856, when South Carolina