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Dates: during 1960-1969
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY: A LIFE STORY, by Carlos Baker. The long awaited official biography offers the first complete and cohesive account of a gifted, troubled, flamboyant figure who has too often been recollected in fragmentary and partisan memoirs...
...Japanese labor costs still account for a substantial part of the price differential between Japan-made cars and American or German products. Auto workers in Japan are paid an average wage of 6? an hour, compared with $2.42 in West Germany and $5.30 in the U.S. Moreover, industrial output per man-hour has been rising by 21% a year since 1960, while total labor costs have been climbing by only 11%. With such economic advantages, Japanese automakers have lately been able to snare a rapidly increasing share of the world auto market. Auto and truck exports rose 51% last year...
...Murray). Their joint undertaking was the production of Survey of International Affairs, a running record of world events. In 1927 he began unaided A Study of History, which in twelve volumes describes and attempts to explain the dynamics of human civilization from man's beginning on earth. His account of the harrowing regimen necessary to pursue such work is typically modest and practical, studded with such advice as "Don't waste odd pieces of time" and "Write regularly." One point that he might have stressed more is the need for persistence, which his own literary practice dramatically illustrates...
Ellis said yesterday that his report will be only a factual account of what happened during the week of April 7-14. Ellis plans to present a preliminary version to the Overseers at their May 11 meeting. The report will not be made public unless the Overseers decide to do so, he said, adding that all interviews will be kept confidential...
...making a disturbance in Chapel. Consequently, the Juniors in another defiant meeting overwhelmingly voted to wear Black crepe on their arms for the next three weeks to display their open hostility to the administration's injustice. They also resolved to publish a circular that would give a fair account of the events...