Letters, Jan. 8, 1979

Coming Together

To the Editors:

As an experienced convention-goer (Dec. 18], I penned these lines:

This is what you 'II likely find

As your daily fests unwind:

A time to eat, a time to meet;

But none to rest your aching feet.

This is what you'll likely hear

If you keep in tune by ear:

The talks the talkers have talked before.

The puns the punners pun—encore!

The gab the gabbers gabbed of yore.

The gripes the gripers gripe galore.

(The Rev.) Leslie Conrad Jr.

Richardson, Texas

Convention fever seems to be extremely contagious here in the U.S. Our only...

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