Word: adds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...symbolic of unity as a bridge, and last week West Germans celebrated the opening of a bridge that seemed the very embodiment of their dreams of reunification. The structure, 656 feet long, spans the River Saale, the boundary that divides the southern parts of East and West Germany. To add to the glow, the bridge was the first project of any kind on which the two Germanys have collaborated: the West put up the money, the East supplied the labor...
...postal checks from sons and nephews working in France. The once-flourishing port of Oran is almost idle, and at the nearby town of Arzew, heralded as one of Algeria's leading new industrial zones, building sites still lie empty because of the shortage of foreign capital. To add to the misery, farm land in western Algeria has been burned black by the worst drought in a decade, cutting the year's grain supply in half...
...integrated basis. The proponents of black power have charged that the simple fact that Negroes are in Army combat units in proportionately high numbers-23% of the troops in combat v. 11% of the U.S. population -is a sign of discrimination. But the numbers, far from indicating discrimination, actually add to the evidence that the Negro has found in the armed forces the fair and opportunity-full society that is still rare in most sections of civilian life. Some of the units with the highest percentages of Negroes are all-volunteer, and Negroes re-enlist in the Army...
...add to the complications, Julie has fallen in love with California, has bought an eight-room house in Coldwater Canyon near Hollywood. "I used to loathe Hollywood," she says. "It seemed miles from anywhere. The papers seemed just local gossip, and I felt unconnected with the rest of the world. But now I think that Hollywood is as real as New York or as real as London or as real as Venice. There's no place I'd rather be. When I'm away for very long, I can't wait to get back...
...comparison will suffice. The introduction of universal, compulsory education in the 19th century gradually transformed American society. This was the great change. Present efforts to add a few years of schooling at one end or another, to extend the curriculum and improve facilities, while useful and important, cannot possibly have the impact of that first innovation. To the extent that the new programs are directed to persons who have trouble coping with the education system as it is, they will be even more costly and marginal in their effects. It is one thing to be concerned about a high school...