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...have noticed that everyone, depending on where they're living or where their surnames fit into the alphabet, has been scheduled to take a swimming test. Although there is no physical education requirement at Harvard, you have to prove that you can swim a couple of laps in the Harvard of Radcliffe pool to get your piece of paper four years later...
...Pronounced "Eye Corps." The U.S. military command divided South Viet Nam into four military regions, which were designated by Roman numerals. In G.I. jargon, the I came to be pronounced as the ninth letter of the alphabet...
Murphy plans to continue his education, not merely content with an undergraduate degree. "Those are only the first two letters in the alphabet- that's not enough for one man, even...
...power nearly four years ago. The domed Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus still dominates the center of the capital. But its doors are locked, and the star and crescent of Islam have replaced the cross atop the spires. Everywhere, curling, zigzagging Arabic letters have supplanted the Latin alphabet. In front of the Souk al-Turk (Turkish bazaar), there is a statue of Septimius Severus, the Roman Emperor (A.D. 146-211) who was born in Libya. A visitor would not know who it was if he could not read Arabic, since the plaque in Latin letters has been removed...
TOUT VA BIEN is the Sesame Street of political radicalism. It teaches its Marxism like the alphabet, a step at a time, no subtlety, no distractions. Godard assumes we know nothing and so tells us everything, lessons in the form of variety skits, the revolution as camp comedy...