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...years after Nasser rose to power, it still appears as if his one dominating goal is to amass strength-but strength to perpetuate his own power rather than strength to carry out the economic and social transformation of his country. He is no man of the people, but prefers to keep the crowd at balcony distance. A remote and shining figure, a man of photographs and broadcasts, he mesmerizes most from afar; Syrians flocked to vote for his presidency last spring before he had ever visited their country...
...must also amass at least 18 "credits" during his four years. One full credit is granted for each year of a subject whether solid or special. As long as a student fulfills the minimum academic requirements, he can earn the rest of his credits in a variety of ways...
Even more telling was a sharp letter to the Times of India from Nehru's brother-in-law, wealthy businessman Raja Hutheesingh, who held the Prime Minister more responsible than the Congress Party for the nation's "corruption, nepotism, jobbery and unseemly haste to amass wealth by crooked gains and avoidance of taxation. All these sores of the body politic grow larger and larger every day." He went on: "Our present degradation is leading the country to the same morass in which Chiang Kai-shek's China found itself. There was no rescue in China from...
Birdhouse for Bluebirds. The man who created this U.S. showcase was born and reared in the Arkansas university town of Fayetteville (pop. 18,069). First member of the Stone family to go to Arkansas was Ed Stone's grandfather, taciturn Stephen K. Stone, who managed to amass such a fortune in real estate and merchandise that he was known as "the Richest Man in Washington County." His sons, including Ed's father, Benjamin Hicks Stone, were raised in Southern comfort, so well off none of them troubled to work very hard...
...intensifying its money-raising campaign, Radcliffe is following the Harvard lead. "We need to amass an endowment per student similar to that of Harvard," Dean Sherman said...