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...already convicted him of, Partch sat down at Harmonic Canon II and began to play, aided by a disciple who had flown down from Tacoma, Wash., for the occasion. "You exclamation-point Jim," Partch chanted to the rhythm of the Surrogate Kithara's ponderous clucks, "get your semicolon asterisk out o this yard." It was music the likes of which few in the audience had heard before, but it forced upon everyone in the Palace a new and respectful opinion of Harry Partch: Harry may be nuts but Harry isn't kidding...
...India. Pakistan and other nations' participation in the Indus River project. 1945 to June 30, 1962. An asterisk indicates classified military aid that is included in the regional totals...
...University's unwillingness to dabble in local affairs is more than evident in the list of signatures attached to the letter of protest published after the Sullivan bill passed the state Senate for the first time. Asterisks marked several of the 24 names to indicate that those persons did not speak for their institutions or organizations. One such asterisk marked President Pusey's name. Could not Harvard and the man who stood up to McCarthy stand up to a local real estate operator? The fact that Harvard did not take the lead when the battle began, the fact that Harvard...
...might apply their "competence" drive to early reading if no one confused them with grown-up rules. "Built on curiosity," Moore's method is to let the child "control" his learning. As the child strikes typewriter keys, an instructor names the character printed. (One delighted child hit the asterisk key 75 times to test teacher's stamina.) Sitting beside his "student" in a gadget-filled booth, which has 60-odd switches to pique the child's curiosity, the instructor also projects the chosen letters on a screen. After each half-hour typing session, the child prints...
...that school is starting again, and little kids all over the world will be studying about our great American democracy, wouldn't it be a kind gesture for Congress to add an asterisk to that phrase about Liberty, Equality and Justice for all saying: "Except Negroes"? It would do so much to help relieve all the confusion and doubt the world over about our being a nation of hypocrites...