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- 'Bonnie and Clyde' Revisited
- By Jimmy Breslin
- July 8, 1968
"The movie is only a reflection, a very pretty one, of what makes people murder. Real murderers aren't ever that pretty."
- Learning to Live With Nixon
- By Gloria Steinem
- October 28, 1968
"As we learned who Kennedy was only after he died, we may learn who Nixon is only after he is president."
- Women and Power
- By Gloria Steinem
- December 23, 1968
“As Jacqueline Kennedy was quoted in a New York newspaper profile, ‘There are two kinds of women: those who want power in the world and those who want power in bed.’”
- After Black Power, Women's Liberation
- By Gloria Steinem
- April 7, 1969
Once upon a time—say, ten or even five years ago—a Liberated Woman was somebody who had sex before marriage and a job afterward.
- Namath All Night Long
- By Jimmy Breslin
- April 7, 1969
“…The night before the Oakland game I grabbed a girl and a bottle and went to the Summit Hotel and stayed in bed all night…Same thing before the Super Bowl. It's good for you…”
- The Revolt of the White Lower Middle Class
- By Pete Hamill
- April 14, 1969
"It is imperative that New York politicians begin to deal with the growing alienation and paranoia of these people."
- I Run to Win
- By Jimmy Breslin
- May 5, 1969
Some time ago, I made a basic decision about the way in which I was going to live the little of life available to me.
- The Great White Hope
- By Pete Hamill
- June 23, 1969
For a guy like Jerry Quarry to come to New York now is a fight promoter's dream.
- Renaissance of the Upper West Side
- By Nicholas Pileggi
- June 30, 1969
Five years ago the West Side of Manhattan was considered such a blighted area that invitations to parties on Riverside Drive were often rejected.
- Brooklyn: The Sane Alternative
- By Pete Hamill
- July 14, 1969
From an old Brooklyn street, the spires of Manhattan are like a vision of "some strange, exotic city across the river."
- The Amphetamine Explosion
- By Gail Sheehy
- July 21, 1969
"Any place where young people gather, amphetamine is becoming a god. Cops have Mace, kids have speed."
- Is Lindsay Too Tall to Be Mayor?
- By Jimmy Breslin
- July 28, 1969
"... Short, waddling, crying, sweating Mario talks about 'a clean city and a safe city,' and suddenly it's not too good to be tall and handsome. 'Send Lindsay to a dance,' the cabdrivers yell..."
