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Just as athletes grab their discuses and bobsleds to compete in age-old competitions every quadrennium, Harvard summer school students will this week unsheathe their pens, take their seats and hear some grad student shout their equivilent, "Let the Games Begin...
...apparent solution to this age-old problem is now at hand. General Foods has introduced new packaging for two of its Post cereals, Natural Raisin Bran and Natural Bran Flakes. The products are enclosed in easy-to-open, easy-to- reseal plastic bags that are similar to the popular Ziploc items...
...almost certainly win. That would allow the President to let the matter be settled by popular will without forcing him explicitly to back down from the decision of April 13. Yet even that solution would be seen as a compromise, perhaps even a retreat -- concepts that run counter to age-old tradition in South Korean public life...
...present government system continues with the age-old bicameral tradition with clearly defined spheres for each of the bodies...
...Age-old rite and techno-trend vocabulary meet in "programming," or getting the most out of your talisman. One West Coast formula for doing so goes this way: first, "clear" the stone by washing it in ocean water (in a pinch, salt water will do). Then leave it outside for at least 24 hours so that rays of the sun and moon may penetrate it. A quicker, high-tech method is to pass an audiocassette eraser over each side of the crystal for half a minute. To program, after the crystal has been cleared, hold it in both hands...