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...obsessed with immortality as the Egyptians: none have sought to capture time so persistently -at times with defiant boldness, at times passively; now relying on endurance rather than the grand assault, now raising tremendous edifices to faith in the future. In his own way Sadat has moved toward the age-old Egyptian dream of immortality; peace will be his pyramid...
...heart-of-gold. Steve Gordon, who wrote and directed the movie, had to give Arthur enough money so that even in these inflationary times he would be worth more money than he could spend. Seven hundred million dollars is the figure. The plot is a simple reworking of an age-old theme: rich young man is engaged to a woman he doesn't love, faces disinheritence if he fails to marry her. Meanwhile, finds first true love with (surprise!) poor girl (Liza Minelli) but family refuses to bend...
...could generate what might have affected quite a few Harvard affiliates: relief from the yearly flu epidemic. The annual blight hit from late November to mid-January, keeping dozens of Harvardians bedridden for days. While healthy scientists busied themselves in their laboratories, sickly patients could only follow the age-old advice of Dr. Warren E.C. Wacker, director of University Health Services, who recommended rest, fluids and aspirin...
...China's economic work will be able to free itself from the age-old malady of seeking quick results. Instead it will base itself on actual economic conditions, putting the stress on practical results and step-by-step development." With these words, spoken before the standing committee of China's National People's Congress Feb. 28, Vice Premier Yao Yilin described a watershed decision by the country's economic planners. Specifically, Yao announced a drastic 13% cutback of the 1981 budget; capital construction, the hardest-hit sector, would be chopped almost in half. Peking, it appeared...
...fish? Oh, they're just part of an age-old tradition of unstable behavior by the Ithaca masses. This year's festivities were no different from any other--the live chicken tied to the goalpost between periods, the effigies, the chants, the sieves, and finally, as the Crimson took the ice to begin the final period, the combined output of Lake Cayuga and ponds beyond flying out of the stands, aimed at the hated Crimson jerseys. Pretty funny...