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136. Temporary shortages do occur, but Simon and other boomsters(兴旺论者) argue that as long as government doesnt interfereby mandating (指令) conservation or setting price controls (价格) people will find alternative (代用品). 137. He seldom ignores that many potential votes, and it did not escape the notice of congressmen that these Negro organizations, some of which had almost as much trouble getting out a crowd as the Washington Senators several years ago, were now capable of organizing the largest demonstrating throng (群众) ever gathered at one spot in the District of Columbia. 138. Towards the end of the century there was still considerable argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. 139. However, whatever its virtues, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media(宣传工具)on the one hand and by books and magazines for a specialized readership on the other. 140. By the end of the century students were being recommended to adopt attitudes to books and to use skills in reading them which were inappropriate, if not impossible, for the oral reader. 136、当代短缺确实出现，但西蒙和其他兴旺论者认为只要政府不干预通过消费指令或者价格控制人们总能找到替代品。 | 
