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...York City teacher ought to adhere to this rule, but then sat back and proceeded to enjoy the prospect of not attending classes--in contrast to Harvard-per-usual, where I failed to attend them but got depressed about it. As the next logical step, I began to absorb the issues of the strike--ROTC, Afro-American Studies, expansion--and could see nothing objectionable and a lot of good in the positions staked out by the first mass meeting...
Bazaar Economy. For the moment, the displaced Spaniards are harder hit than Gibraltar. The Madrid government eventually hopes to absorb them in an industrial complex abuilding outside La Linea de la Conception, the Spanish border town. Because of manpower economies and increasing mechanization, Gibraltar calculates it can replace them with only 1,000 skilled workers brought in from elsewhere. Says Chief Minister Sir Joshua Abraham Hassan: "We have problems, but in the long run the Spaniards have done us a favor...
...York City teacher ought to adhere to this rule, but then sat back and proceeded to enjoy to prospect of not attending classes--in contrast to Harvard-perusual, where I failed to attend them but got depressed about it. As the next logical step, I began to absorb the issues of the strike--ROTC, Afro-American Studies, expansion--and could see nothing objectionable and a lot of good in the position staked out by the first mass meeting...
...across the Pacific from Peru to Polynesia, hopes to show that ancient Egyptians discovered the New World long before Columbus. After four days, Heyerdahl radioed that Ra was 133 miles along the predicted track, riding a strong current and floating well-quieting a fear that the papyrus would rapidly absorb sea water. If all goes well, Ra should make her landfall some time in the autumn...
...through them, and the relationship of the auditorium seats to the main speaker and the flags that surround him. The last reel of Sun Shines Bright contains two of the most stunning sequences in all Ford: the funeral and the victory march that ends the film. The two processions absorb the energy of the people who participate--each person lends his force to the greater whole--and the consequent emotional power of the scenes becomes almost unbearable...