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...Kilborn, who says that he is a regular at Cambridge political protests, last night's protest was indicative of a new mood afoot in the country. "The nation faces an historic time of hope and positive attitudes," said Kilborn, who added that he was very excited about the proposed treaty...
With so much action afoot, the momentum behind new regulation seemed inexorable. Said Democratic Congressman Edward Markey of Massachusetts, chairman of the House banking probe: "I don't see how some restrictions can be avoided." Some of the areas likely to draw the most attention in coming weeks...
...first sign that something was afoot came at 4 p.m. last Friday, when armed troops invaded the offices of two newspapers and a commercial radio station in the Fijian capital of Suva. Within an hour, Army Commander Lieut. Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka then confirmed the flying rumors. His forces, he announced over the radio, had "reasserted their authority over the government." It was Rabuka's second coup in four months...
...would agree. After all, they are looking at their own dreams. That is why the detective and the doctor can never go out of style. And why, in 2087, they will still be as quotable as the day they were born in 1887: "Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot!" And why they will still be the subjects of criticism and appreciation 100 years from now. For Holmes, every reference is a boost. As he wrote in The Adventure of the Six Napoleons: "The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know...
...full to bursting with books. The logical expansion, the next room, is the bedroom Winifred shared with Bob. She has been sleeping there 31 years, and she cannot bear to give it up. So the business simply overflows all over the house. When there is a herd of browsers afoot in the place, she has been known to cut her deals with sales reps out in the road over the trunks of their cars. When presented with a credit card, she has been known to say, "I'm not going to get involved in that credit-card junk...