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...Catherine, it seemed easier to assassinate Coligny than to reason with him. But just as the official murderer discharged his arquebus at Coligny, the Protestant leader bent to adjust a shoe. Admiral Coligny was merely wounded. Later one autumn afternoon, Catherine gathered her closest counselors in the Tuileries Gardens. With the Protestants aroused and Coligny still dangerous, she abruptly decided that the solution was a slaughter of the most important Protestant leaders...
...Committee thinks it possible to adjust the original conception of general education to a world which is hostile to anything that smacks of dilettantism, it must advocate steps to keep the program alive, and more importantly, it must find a way to stimulate active support for general education among the Faculty...
...function of the local group is to keep very close records. Our main interest is in the subsequent applications of drug experiences in the social life of the individual." Leary seems to be using drug-taking as a subroutine in the larger game he plays of helping people adjust socially...
...Kindly Ones, by Anthony Powell. A collection of British eccentrics, many of them familiar from the author's earlier novels, adjust fumblingly to the stern demands of World War II in this comic opera of a novel...
...York show by phone yesterday as similar to Loeb version in sets, music, and general techniques, although the New York production had to be adapted to a smaller theater. He called his experience at the Loeb valuable because "we could experiment until we found what the audience liked, and adjust the script accordingly...