He hesitated at first to read it – as if he feared that what he would read on the screen would remain for eternity unerasable.

The shop window reflected his image as he walked past.

Their debut started slow, but bulleted to number six in its fourth week.

Yet for a significant portion of the country, long-haired men wearing love beads, authority-snubbing youth, mouthy women and increasingly public gay and lesbian alliances portended a future they wanted no part of.